Rupestris stem pitting associated virus nucleic acids, proteins, and their uses

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to an isolated protein or polypeptide corresponding to a protein or polypeptide of a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus. The encoding DNA molecule, either alone in isolated form, in an expression system, a host cell, or a transgenic grape plant, is also disclosed. Other aspects of the present invention relate to a method of imparting Rupestris stem pitting associated virus resistance to grape plants by transforming them with the DNA molecule of the present invention, and a method of detecting the presence of a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus, such as RSPaV-1, in a sample.

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Clonal Repository--Geneva, Grant Nos. 58-2349-9-01 and 58-2349-9 and U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative Agreement Grant Nos. 58-1908-4-023, 58-3615-5-036, and 58-3615-7-060. The U.S. Government may have certain rights in the invention.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications Ser. Nos. 60/047,147, filed May 20, 1997, and 60/069,902, filed Dec. 17, 1997.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to Rupestris stem pitting associated virus ("RSPaV") proteins, DNA molecules encoding these proteins, and diagnostic and other uses thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The world's most widely grown fruit crop, the grape (Vitis sp.), is cultivated on all continents except Antarctica. However, major grape production centers are in European countries (including Italy, Spain, and France), which constitute about 70% of the world grape production (Mullins et al., Biology of the Grapevine, Cambridge, U.K.:University Press (1992)). The United States, with 300,000 hectares of grapevines, is the eighth largest grape grower in the world. Although grapes have many uses, a major portion of grape production (˜80%) is used for wine production. Unlike cereal crops, most of the world's vineyards are planted with traditional grapevine cultivars, which have been perpetuated for centuries by vegetative propagation. Several important grapevine virus and virus-like diseases, such as grapevine leafroll, corky bark, and Rupestris stem pitting ("RSP"), are transmitted and spread through the use of infected vegetatively propagated materials. Thus, propagation of certified, virus-free materials is one of the most important disease control measures. Traditional breeding for disease resistance is difficult due to the highly heterozygous nature and outcrossing behavior of grapevines, and due to polygenic patterns of inheritance. Moreover, introduction of a new cultivar may be prohibited by custom or law. Recent biotechnology developments have made possible the introduction of special traits, such as disease resistance, into an established cultivar without altering its horticultural characteristics.

Many plant pathogens, such as fungi, bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses, and nematodes can infect grapes, and the resultant diseases can cause substantial losses in production (Pearson et al., Compendium of Grape Diseases, American Phytopathological Society Press (1988)). Among these, viral diseases constitute a major hindrance to profitable growing of grapevines. About 34 viruses have been isolated and characterized from grapevines. The major virus diseases are grouped into: (1) the grapevine degeneration caused by the fanleaf nepovirus, other European nepoviruses, and American nepoviruses, (2) the leafroll complex, and (3) the rugose wood complex (Martelli, ed., Graft Transmissible Diseases of Grapevines, Handbook for Detection and Diagnosis, FAO, UN, Rome, Italy (1993)).

Rugose wood (RW) complex is a term to describe a group of graft-transmissible diseases which are important and widespread on grapevines grown world-wide. Symptoms of RW are characterized by pitting, grooving, or distortion to the woody cylinder of the grapevine scion, rootstock, or both. Based on symptoms developed on different indicator plants after graft inoculation, RW complex can be divided into four components: Kober 5BB stem grooving (KSG), LN 33 stem grooving (LNSG), grapevine corky bark (GCB), and Rupestris stem pitting (RSP) (Martelli, "Rugose Wood Complex," in Graft-Transmissible Diseases of Grapevines, Handbook for Detection and Diagnosis, pp. 45-54, Martelli, ed., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (1993)). Because RW can cause severe decline and death to grapevines (Savino et al., "Rugose Wood Complex of Grapevine: Can Grafting to Vitis Indicators Discriminate Between Diseases?", in Proceedings of the 9th Meetings of the International Council for the Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases of the Grapevine, Anavim, Israel (1989); Credi and Babini, "Effect of Virus and Virus-like Infections on the Growth of Grapevine Rootstocks," Adv. Hort. Sci., 10:95-98 (1996)), it has been included in healthy grapevine detection schemes used in major grapevine growing countries including Italy, France, and the United States.

RSP was discovered in California in the late 1970s (Prudencio, "M. Sc. Thesis: Comparative Effects of Corky Bark and Rupestris Stem Pitting Diseases on Selected Germplasm Lines of Grapes," University of California, Davis, Calif., 36 pages (1985); Goheen, "Rupestris Stem Pitting," in Compendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988) ("Goheen")). The disease was defined by Goheen as follows: after graft inoculation with a chip bud from an infected grapevine, the woody cylinder of the indicator plant Vitis rupestris Scheele St. George ("St. George") develops a narrow strip of small pits extending from the inoculum bud to the root zone. Grafted St. George plants were checked for wood symptoms 2 to 3 years after inoculation. In contrast to GCB, which elicits pitting and grooving on St. George and LN 33, RSP does not produce symptoms on the latter (Goheen, "Rupestris Stem Pitting," in Compendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988)).

RSP is probably the most common component of the RW complex on grapevines. Surveys in California revealed a high disease incidence in many grapevine cultivars imported from Western Europe and Australia (Goheen, "Rupestris Stem Pitting," in Compendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988)). An examination of indexing records in California compiled over 23 years revealed RSP infection in 30.5% of 6482 grapevine selections introduced from around the world (Golino and Butler, "A Preliminary Analysis of Grapevine Indexing Records at Davis, Calif.," in Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of the ICVG, pp. 369-72, Rumbos et al., eds., Volos, Greece (1990)). Indexing in New York State showed that 66% of 257 grapevines tested on St. George developed typical small pits below the inoculum bud or around the woody cylinder (Azzam and Gonsalves, Abstract: "Survey of Grapevine Stem-Pitting in New York and Isolation of dsRNA from a Grapevine Selection Infected with Stem Pitting," Phytopathology 78:1568 (1988)). Furthermore, several reports have indicated that RSP is the most frequently detected component of the RW complex in Italy (Borgo and Bonotto, "Rugose Wood Complex of Grapevine in Northeastern Italy: Occurrence of Rupestris Stem Pitting and Kober Stem Grooving," in Extended Abstracts of the 11th Meeting of the International Council for the Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases of the Grapevine (ICVG), pp. 61-62, Gugerli, ed., Montreux, Switzerland (1993); Credi, "Differential Indexing Trials on Grapevine Rugose Wood Syndrome," Extended Abstracts of the 11th Meeting of the International Council for the Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases of the Grapevine (ICVG), p. 63, Gugerh, P., ed., Montreux, Switzerland (1993)).

The effect of RSP on growth, yield, and grapevine quality is not well understood and, thus, subject to debate. The reason for this ambiguity is the absence of a rapid and sensitive diagnostic tool. RSP is the most difficult grapevine disease to diagnose. Serological or molecular methods are not available for diagnosing RSP. Biological indexing on St. George, as described above, has remained the only approach to diagnose RSP. Biological indexing is labor intensive, time consuming (i.e., often requiring up to about three years to obtain results), and, by its very nature, subjective. Moreover, symptoms on St. George can be variable and not exactly as those defined by Goheen. In particular, Credi, "Characterization of Grapevine Rugose Wood Sources from Italy," Plant Disease, 82:1288-92 (1997), recently showed that some RSP infected grapevines induced pitting that is restricted to below the inoculum bud, while others induced pitting around the woody cylinder of inoculated St. George. Thus, the present method of identifying the presence of RSP is not entirely adequate.

The etiology of RSP is unknown. Efforts to isolate virus particles from RSP-infected grapevines and to mechanically transfer the causal virus(es) to herbaceous host plants failed (Azzam and Gonsalves, "Detection of in Grapevines Showing Symptoms of Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease and the Variabilities Encountered," Plant Disease, 75:96-964 (1991)). However, a major dsRNA species of ca. 8.3 kb, accompanied by a smaller dsRNA of ca. 7.6 kb, was consistently isolated from one Pinot Gris and four Pinot Noir clones that had been indexed positive for RSP (Walter and Cameron, "Double-Stranded RNA Isolated from Grapevines Affected by Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease," Am. J. of Enology and Viticulture, 42:175-79 (1991)). In addition, a third dsRNA of ca. 5.5 kb was observed in three clones. Likewise, an apparently similar dsRNA species of ca. 8.0 and 6.7 kbp was isolated from dormant canes of RSP-infected grapevines collected from California, Canada, and New York (Azzam and Gonsalves, "Detection of dsRNA in Grapevines Showing Symptoms of Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease and the Variabilities Encountered," Plant Disease, 75:960-64 (1991)). Six of eight Californian and three of five Canadian samples contained these two dsRNA species. However, results of New York samples were not consistent. Among eight RSP infected grapevine selections tested, only one showed these two dsRNAs. Using explants growing in tissue culture as source materials, dsRNA of ca. 359 bp was isolated from 21 of 31 grapevine cultivars, all of which were previously indexed on St. George and considered to be infected with RSP (Monette et al., "Double-Stranded RNA from Rupestris Stem Pitting-Affected Grapevines," Vitis, 28:137-44 (1989)).

In view of the serious risk RSP poses to vineyards and the absence of an effective treatment of it, the need to prevent this affliction continues to exist. Moreover, the absence of a rapid and accurate diagnostic assay prevents proper identification of RSP. The present invention is directed to overcoming these deficiencies in the art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an isolated protein or polypeptide corresponding to a protein or polypeptide of a RSP virus. The encoding RNA molecule or DNA molecule, in either isolated form or incorporated in an expression system, a host cell, or a transgenic Vitis scion or rootstock cultivar, are also disclosed.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of imparting RSP virus resistance to Vitis scion or rootstock cultivars by transforming them with a DNA molecule encoding the protein or polypeptide corresponding to a protein or polypeptide of a RSP virus.

The present invention also relates to an antibody or binding portion thereof or probe which recognizes proteins or polypeptides of the present invention.

Still another aspect of the present invention relates to diagnostic tests which involve methods for detecting the presence of a RSP virus in a sample. The methods include the use of an antibody or binding portion of the present invention (i.e., in an immunoassay), or a nucleic acid probe obtained from a DNA molecule of the present invention (i.e., in a nucleic acid hybridization assay or gene amplification detection procedure). The antibody or binding portion thereof, or nucleic acid probe, is introduced into contact with the sample, whereby the presence of Rupestris stem pitting virus in the sample is detected using an assay system.

The characterization of an RSP virus is particularly desirable because it will allow for the determination of whether the virus is associated to the specific (restricted) or nonspecific (nonrestricted) pitting symptoms of RSP, or to both. Also, RSP virus resistant transgenic variants of the current commercial grape cultivars and rootstocks allows for more complete control of the virus while retaining the varietal characteristics of specifics cultivars. Furthermore, these variants permit control over RSP virus transmitted by infected scions or rootstocks. Moreover, the diagnostic tests offer significant improvement over conventional diagnostic means currently employed, namely, rapid results and greater accuracy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a photograph of St. George indicators which comparatively display the symptoms of RSP. The St. George indicator (a) has been graft-inoculated with infected bud wood from a grapevine accession, resulting in the indicator displaying pitting below the inoculum bud, as indicated by an arrow. This RSP symptom was defined by Goheen, "Rupestris Stem Pitting," in Compendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference. The St. George indicator (b) was not graft-inoculated and represents a normal appearance.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are photographs which respectively display the results of dsRNA analysis and Northern hybridization for dsRNA. Together the photographs may be used to correlate the dsRNA analysis of FIG. 2A with the Northern hybridization (for dsRNA isolated from grapevines indexed positive for Rupestris stem pitting (RSP)) of FIG. 2B. M. Hind III digested lambda DNA maker: lane 1, Aminia; lane 2, Bertille Seyve 5563; lane 3, Canandaigua; lane 4, Colobel 257; lane 5, Couderc 28-112; lane 6, Freedom; lane 7, Grande Glabre; lane 8, M 344-1; lane 9, Joffre; lane 10, Ravat 34; lane 11, Seyval; lane 12, Seyve Vinard 14-287; lane 13, Verdelet; lane 14, Pinot Noir (positive control); lane 15, Verduzzo 233A (negative control for RSP as judged by indexing on St. George); lane 16, insert of clone RSP149. Arrows indicate the position of the 8.7 kb dsRNA. With respect to lane 15 of FIG. 2A, the two dsRNA bands are larger or smaller than the 8.7 kb dsRNA associated with RSP and they did not hybridize with the RSP specific probe in Northern analysis. Thus, they are not specific to RSP.

FIG. 3A is an illustration which depicts the strategy for obtaining the complete nucleotide sequence of RSPaV-1. The overlapping regions of the nucleotide sequences of the sequenced clones and RT-PCR-amplified cDNA fragments are as follows: 52-375 for RSPA/RSP28; 677-1474 for RSP28/RSP3; 3673-3766 for RSP3/RSPB; 4009-4320 for RSPB/RSP94; 5377-5750 for RSP94/RSPC; 5794-6537 for RSPC/RSP95; 6579-6771 for RSPC/RSP140; and 8193-8632 for RSP140/TA5. FIG. 3B is an illustration which comparatively depicts the genome structures of RSPaV-1, ASPV, PVM, and PVX. Boxes with the same patterns represent the comparable ORFS.

FIG. 4A is a comparative sequence listing of amino acid sequences of region I (aa 1-372) of RSPaV-1 ORF1 with the corresponding sequences of carlavirus PVM and ASPV. The methyltransferase motif is underlined. Capital letters indicate consensus residues. FIG. 4B is a comparative sequence listing of amino acid sequences of region II (aa 1354 to end) of RSPaV-1 ORF1 with the corresponding regions of ASPV and PVM carlavirus. In FIG. 4B, the NTP binding motif is underlined at (A) and the GDD containing sequence is underlined at (B). In FIGS. 4A and 4B, capital letters indicate consensus residues, the symbol * indicates identical amino acid residues between RSPaV-1 and ASPV, and the symbol # indicates identical amino acid residues between RSPaV-1 and PMV.

FIGS. 5A-D are comparative sequence listings of amino acid sequences for ORF2, ORF3, ORF4, and a C-terminal part of ORF5 (CP) of RSPaV-1, respectively, with ASPV and PVM carlavirus. In FIG. 5A, the NTP binding motif, located near the C terminus of ORF2, is underlined. In FIG. 5D, the conserved motif (RR/QX--XFDF), located in the central region of the coat proteins and proposed to be involved in the formation of a salt bridge structure, is underlined. In each of the figures, capital letters indicate consensus residues. The symbol * indicates identical amino acid residues between RSPaV-1 and ASPV, and the symbol # indicates identical amino acid residues between RSPaV-1 and PMV. In FIG. 5D, numbers which appear in parentheses and precede the sequences indicate the start points of the C-terminal portions of CPs being compared.

FIG. 6A is a comparative sequence listing of DNA nucleotide sequences for the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of RSPaV-1 and ASPV. FIG. 6B is a comparative sequence listing of DNA nucleotide sequences for the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of RSPaV-1 and PVM. Clustal method of MegAlign (DNASTAR) was used to generate sequence alignments. The 21 identical consecutive nucleotides between RSPaV-1 and PVM are indicated as shadowed letters.

FIGS. 7A-B are photographs comparing the results of RT-PCR of grapevines using RSP149 primers (FIG. 7A) and Southern blot hybridization of RT-PCR amplified cDNA fragments to RSPaV-1 specific probe (FIG. 7B). MMLV-RT (Promega) was used in reverse transcription. Taq DNA polymerase (Promega) was used in PCR. For the RT-PCR and Southern blot hybridization: lane 1, Ehrenfelser PM1 (1169-1A1); lane 2, Cabernet franc 147A; lane 3, Chardonnay 80A; lane 4, Refosco 181A; lane 5, Touriga francesa 313; lane 6, 3309C (330-4A1); lane 7, 420A (1483-4A1); lane 8, Chardonnay 83A; lane 9, Malsavia 153A; lane 10, Aragnonex 350; lane 11, Aminia; lane 12, Chardonnay 127; lane 13, Kober 5BB 100; lane 14, Verduzzo 233A; lane 15, V. riparia; lane 16, V. monticola; lane 17, H₂ O.

FIG. 8 is a schematic representation of the identical genome organization among RSPaV-1 (the type strain), RSP47-4, and RSP158. The number of amino acid residues of the comparable ORFs (boxes shaded with the same pattern) among these three strains are the same (note: ORF1 and ORF5 of RSP47-4 and RSP158 are incomplete). The comparable ORFs also have high nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities, which are indicated on the bottom. Only the C-terminal portion of the ORF1 of RSPaV-1 is shown in this diagram.

FIG. 9 is a comparative alignment of nucleotide sequences of seven other clones with the comparable region of RSPaV-1. Shaded areas indicate identical nucleotide sequences, whereas white boxes represent different nucleotide sequences.

FIG. 10 is a schematic representation of a plant transformation vector containing the RSPaV-1 coat protein gene. This vector is designated pGA482G/RSPaV-1CP, which has the double CaMV 35S enhancers, the 35S promoter, the leader sequence of A1MV, and the 35S terminator sequence. RB, right border; LB, left border; Tet, tetracycline resistance gene; and Gent, gentamycin resistance gene.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to isolated DNA molecules encoding for the proteins or polypeptides of a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus. Since the nucleotide sequence was derived from cDNA clones of the dsRNA that was associated with RSP, the viral agent has been designated as Rupestris stem pitting associated virus ("RSPaV"). RSP is likely caused by one or a number of viral strains. The genome of each RSPaV has a plurality of open reading frames, each containing DNA molecules in accordance with the present invention. The complete genome of one strain has been sequenced and the strain is designated RSPaV-1. Substantial portions of the genomes of two other RSPaV strains have also been sequenced. These strains are designated by their clone names, RSP47-4 and RSP158.

The DNA molecule which constitutes the complete RSPaV-1 genome comprises the nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 1 as follows:

    CGATAAACAT AACAACAGAA TCTGCATTGC AGTAATATTC CTTGAATATA ATTGCAACGC                                                       60                                       - AATGGCCCTC TCTTATAGGC CTGCTGTTGA AGAGGTGCTC GCAAAATTCA CCTCTGATGA                                                         120                               - ACAATCCAGG GTTTCTGCTA CAGCTCTCAA GGCATTAGTA GACTTAGAGG AAAGTCAGCA                                                         180                               - CAATTTGTTC TCTTTCGCAT TGCCTGATAG AAGCAAAGAA AGGCTGATAT CTTCTGGCAT                                                         240                               - TTACTTAAGT CCTTACAGTT TCAGACCCCA CTCACATCCA GTTTGTAAAA CTTTAGAAAA                                                         300                               - TCACATTTTG TACAATGTTT TACCTAGTTA TGTTAATAAT TCATTTTACT TTGTAGGAAT                                                         360                               - CAAGGATTTT AAGCTGCAGT TCTTGAAAAG GAGGAATAAG GATCTCAGCT TGGTAGCACT                                                         420                               - CATAAATAGG TTTGTGACAA GTCGTGATGT TAGTAGGTAT GGGTCTGAGT TCGTTATAAG                                                         480                               - TTCTAGTGAC AAATCAAGTC AGGTTGTCAG TAGAAAGGGC ATTGGTGATT CTAACACACT                                                         540                               - CCGGAGATTG GTCCCACGTG TAATTTCCAC AGGTGCCAGG AATCTTTTTC TGCATGATGA                                                         600                               - GATTCACTAC TGGTCAATTA GTGATCTGAT CAATTTTTTG GACGTTGCCA AGCCAAGCAT                                                         660                               - GCTCTTGGCA ACTGCAGTAA TCCCTCCAGA AGTGCTGGTT GGCTCTCCAG AGAGTCTTAA                                                         720                               - CCCTTGGGCC TACCAGTATA AAATCAATGG CAACCAACTG CTCTTCGCAC CAGATGGCAA                                                         780                               - CTGGAATGAG ATGTACTCAC AACCTTTGTC ATGCAGATAC CTGCTCAAGG CCAGATCTGT                                                         840                               - AGTTCTGCCC GATGGCTCAC GCTACTCGGT TGACATCATT CACTCAAAAT TTAGTCACCA                                                         900                               - CTTGCTTAGT TTCACCCCTA TGGGTAATCT TTTGACTTCA AACATGCGAT GTTTTTCTGG                                                         960                               - CTTCGATGCA ATAGGCATAA AAGATCTTGA ACCTCTAAGC CGCGGCATGC ACAGTTGCTT                                                         1020                              - CCCAGTACAT CATGATGTTG TAACTAAGAT ATATCTTTAT TTGAGAACTC TCAAGAAGCC                                                        1080                               - AGATAAGGAG TCTGCCGAGG CAAAGCTTCG ACAACTCATA GAAAAACCCA CAGGGAGGGA                                                        1140                               - GATAAAGTTT ATCGAGGATT TTTCCTCACT AGTAATAAAT TGTGGGAGGA GTGGCTCTTT                                                        1200                               - GCTTATGCCC AACATTTCTA AGTTGGTCAT ATCATTCTTT TGCCGGATGA TGCCAAATGC                                                        1260                               - ACTCGCCAGG CTCTCTTCTA GCTTTCGAGA GTGTTCGCTA GATTCATTTG TGTACTCACT                                                        1320                               - TGAGCCCTTT AATTTTTCCG TTAATTTAGT GGATATAACT CCTGATTTCT TTGAGCATTT                                                        1380                               - ATTTCTCTTC TCCTGCCTAA ATGAGTTGAT CGAGGAGGAC GTTGAAGAGG TCATGGACAA                                                        1440                               - TTCTTGGTTT GGACTTGGGG ACTTACAATT CAATCGCCAG AGGGCCCCGT TCTTTCTTGG                                                        1500                               - GTCTTCATAT TGGCTCAACT CCAAATTTTC AGTTGAGCAC AAGTTTTCAG GCACCATCAA                                                        1560                               - TTCTCAAATC ATGCAAGTTA TTTTATCTTT GATCCCATTT TCTGATGATC CCACTTTTAG                                                        1620                               - GCCATCTTCT ACAGAGGTTA ACCTTGCACT ATCAGAGGTT AAGGCTGCGC TAGAAGCTAC                                                        1680                               - TGGGCAGTCA AAATTGTTCA GGTTTTTGGT GGACGACTGT GCTATGCGTG AGGTTAGAAG                                                        1740                               - TTCCTATAAG GTGGGCCTTT TTAAGCACAT AAAAGCCCTC ACTCATTGCT TTAATTCTTG                                                        1800                               - TGGCCTCCAA TGGTTCCTCC TTAGGCAAAG GTCCAACCTC AAATTTCTGA AGGACAGGGC                                                        1860                               - ATCGTCCTTT GCTGATCTTG ATTGTGAGGT TATCAAAGTT TATCAGCTTG TAACATCACA                                                        1920                               - GGCAATACTT CCTGAGGCTC TGCTTAGCTT GACCAAAGTC TTTGTCAGGG ATTCTGACTC                                                        1980                               - AAAGGGTGTT TCCATTCCCA GATTGGTCTC GAGAAATGAG CTAGAGGAAC TAGCTCACCC                                                        2040                               - AGCTAATTCA GCCCTTGAGG AGCCTCAATC AGTTGATTGT AATGCAGGCA GGGTTCAAGC                                                        2100                               - AAGCGTTTCA AGTTCCCAGC AGCTTGCCGA CACCCACTCT CTTGGTAGCG TTAAGTCATC                                                        2160                               - AATTGAGACA GCTAACAAGG CTTTTAACTT GGAGGAGCTA AGGATCATGA TTAGAGTCTT                                                        2220                               - GCCGGAGGAT TTTAACTGGG TGGCGAAGAA CATTGGTTTT AAAGACAGGC TGAGAGGCAG                                                        2280                               - GGGTGCATCA TTCTTCTCAA AACCAGGAAT TTCATGTCAT AGTTACAATG GTGGGAGCCA                                                        2340                               - CACAAGCTTA GGGTGGCCAA AGTTCATGGA TCAGATTCTA AGCTCCACTG GTGGACGTAA                                                        2400                               - TTACTACAAT TCATGCCTGG CTCAGATCTA TGAGGAAAAT TCAAAATTGG CTCTTCATAA                                                        2460                               - GGATGATGAG AGTTGCTATG AAATTGGGCA CAAAGTTTTG ACTGTTAATT TAATCGGCTC                                                        2520                               - AGCAACTTTC ACTATTAGTA AGTCGCGAAA TTTGGTTGGG GGTAATCATT GCAGCCTGAC                                                        2580                               - AATTGGGCCA AATGAGTTTT TCGAAATGCC TAGGGGCATG CAATGCAATT ACTTCCATGG                                                        2640                               - GGTTTCCAAT TGTACGCCAG GGCGGGTATC GCTGACCTTT AGGCGCCAAA AGTTGGAAGA                                                        2700                               - TGATGATTTG ATCTTCATAA ATCCACAGGT GCCCATTGAG CTCAATCATG AAAAGCTTGA                                                        2760                               - CCGAAGTATG TGGCAGATGG GCCTTCATGG AATTAAGAAA TCTATTTCTA TGAATGGCAC                                                        2820                               - GAGTTTTACC TCAGACCTAT GCTCTTGTTT CTCTTGCCAC AACTTTCATA AATTCAAGGA                                                         2880                              - TCTCATCAAT AACTTGAGAT TGGCCCTAGG AGCACAAGGG CTAGGTCAGT GTGACAGGGT                                                         2940                              - TGTGTTTGCA ACAACAGGTC CTGGTCTATC TAAGGTTTTA GAAATGCCTC GGAGCAAAAA                                                         3000                              - GCAATCAATT TTGGTTCTTG AAGGTGCCCT ATCCATAGAA ACAGATTATG GTCCAAAAGT                                                         3060                              - CCTGGGGTCT TTTGAAGTTT TCAAAGGGGA CTTTCACATT AAGAAGATGG AGGAAGGTTC                                                         3120                              - AATTTTTGTA ATAACGTACA AGGCCCCAAT TAGATCCACT GGCAGGTTGA GGGTTCACAG                                                         3180                              - TTCAGAATGC TCATTTTCCG GATCCAAAGA GGTATTGCTA GGCTGCCAGA TTGAGGCATG                                                         3240                              - TGCTGATTAT GATATTGATG ATTTTAACAC TTTCTCTGTG CCTGGTGATG GCAATTGCTT                                                         3300                              - TTGGCATTCT GTTGGTTTTT TACTTAGCAC TGATGGACTT GCCCTAAAGG CCGGTATTCG                                                         3360                              - ATCTTTCGTG GAGAGTGAGC GCTTGGTAAG TCCAGATCTT TCAGCCCCAG CAATTTCTAA                                                         3420                              - ACAATTGGAA GAGAATGCTT ATGCCGAGAA TGAGATGATC GCATTATTCT GCATTCGGCA                                                         3480                              - CCACGTAAGG CCTATAGTGA TCACACCAGA ATATGAAGTT AGTTGGAAAT TCGGGGAAGG                                                         3540                              - TGAGTGGCCC CTATGTGGAA TTCTTTGCCT TAAATCAAAT CACTTCCAAC CATGCGCCCC                                                         3600                              - ACTGAATGGT TGCATGATCA CAGCCATTGC TTCAGCACTT GGAAGGCGTG AAGTTGATGT                                                         3660                              - GTTAAATTAT CTGTGTAGAC CCAGCACTAA TCATATTTTT GAGGAGCTTT GTCAGGGAGG                                                         3720                              - GGGCCTTAAC ATGATGTATT TAGCTGAAGC TTTTGAGGCC TTTGACATTT GCGCTAAATG                                                         3780                              - TGATATAAAT GGAGAGATTG AAGTGATTAA TCCGTGTGGT AAAATTTCTG CATTGTTTGA                                                         3840                              - CATAACTAAT GAGCACATAA GGCATGTTGA GAAAATAGGT AATGGCCCTC AGAGCATAAA                                                         3900                              - AGTGGATGAA TTGCGGAAGG TCAAGCGATC CGCCCTCGAT TTCCTTTCAA TGAATGGGTC                                                         3960                              - TAAAATAACC TACTTCCCAA GCTTTGAGCG GGCTGAAAAG TTGCAAGGAT GTTTGCTAGG                                                         4020                              - GGGCCTAACT GGCGTTATAA GTGATGAGAA GTTCAGTGAT GCAAAACCTT GGCTTTCTGG                                                         4080                              - TATATCTACT ACTGATATTA AGCCAAGGGA ATTGACTGTC GTGCTTGGTA CATTTGGGGC                                                         4140                              - TGGGAAGAGT TTCTTGTACA AGAGTTTCAT GAAAAGGTCT GAGGGTAAAT TCGTAACCTT                                                         4200                              - TGTTTCTCCC AGACGTGCTT TAGCAAATTC AATCAAAAAT GATCTTGAAA TGGATGATAG                                                         4260                              - CTGCAAAGTT GCTAAAGCAG GTAGGTCAAA GAAGGAAGGG TGGGATGTAG TAACTTTTGA                                                        4320                               - GGTTTTCCTT AGAAAAGTTG CAGGATTGAA GGCTGGCCAC TGTGTGATTT TTGATGAGGT                                                        4380                               - CCAGTTGTTT CCTCCTGGAT ACATCGATCT ATGCTTGCTT ATTATACGTA GTGATGCTTT                                                        4440                               - CATTTCACTT GCTGGTGATC CATGTCAAAG CACATATGAC TCGCAAAAGG ATCGGGCAAT                                                        4500                               - TTTGGGCGCT GAGCAGAGTG ACATACTTAG ACTGCTTGAG GGCAAAACGT ATAGGTATAA                                                        4560                               - CATAGAAAGC AGGAGGTTTG TGAACCCAAT GTTCGAATCA AGACTGCCAT GTCACTTCAA                                                        4620                               - AAAGGGCTCG ATGACTGCCG CTTTCGCTGA TTATGCAATC TTCCATAATA TGCATGACTT                                                         4680                              - TCTCCTGGCG AGGTCAAAAG GTCCCTTGGA TGCCGTTTTG GTTTCCAGTT TTGAGGAGAA                                                         4740                              - AAAGATAGTC CAGTCCTACT TTGGAATGAA ACAGCTCACA CTCACATTTG GTGAATCAAC                                                         4800                              - TGGGTTGAAT TTCAAAAATG GGGGAATTCT CATATCACAT GATTCCTTTC ACACAGATGA                                                         4860                              - TCGGCGGTGG CTTACTGCTT TATCTCGCTT CAGCCACAAT TTGGATTTGG TGAACATCAC                                                         4920                              - AGGTCTGAGG GTGGAAAGTT TTCTCTCGCA CTTTGCTGGC AAACCCCTCT ACCATTTTTT                                                         4980                              - AACAGCCAAA AGTGGGGAGA ATGTCATACG AGATTTGCTC CCAGGTGAGC CTAACTTCTT                                                         5040                              - CAGTGGCTTT AACGTTAGCA TTGGAAAGAA TGAAGGTGTT AGGGAGGAGA AGTTATGTGG                                                         5100                              - TGACCCATGG TTAAAAGTTA TGCTTTTCCT GGGTCAAGAT GAGGATTGTG AAGTTGAAGA                                                         5160                              - GATGGAGTCA GAATGCTCAA ATGAAGAATG GTTTAAAACC CACATCCCCT TGAGTAATCT                                                         5220                              - GGAGTCAACC AGGGCCAGGT GGGTGGGTAA AATGGCCTTG AAAGAGTATC GGGAGGTGCG                                                         5280                              - TTGTGGTTAT GAAATGACTC AACAATTCTT TGATGAGCAT AGGGGTGGAA CTGGTGAGCA                                                         5340                              - ACTGAGCAAT GCATGTGAGA GGTTTGAAAG CATTTACCCA AGGCATAAAG GAAATGATTC                                                         5400                              - AATAACCTTC CTCATGGCTG TCCGAAAGCG TCTCAAATTT TCGAAGCCCC AGGTTGAAGC                                                         5460                              - TGCCAAACTG AGGCGGGCCA AACCATATGG GAAATTCTTA TTAGATTCTT TCCTATCCAA                                                         5520                              - AATCCCATTG AAAGCCAGTC ATAATTCCAT CATGTTTCAT GAAGCGGTAC AGGAGTTTGA                                                         5580                              - GGCGAAGAAG GCTAGTAAGA GTGCAGCAAC TATAGAGAAT CATGCAGGTA GGTCATGCAG                                                         5640                              - GGATTGGTTA TTAGATGTTG CTCTGATTTT TATGAAGTCA CAACACTGTA CTAAATTTGA                                                         5700                              - CAACAGGCTT AGAGTAGCTA AAGCTGGGCA AACCCTTGCT TGCTTCCAAC ATGCTGTTCT                                                         5760                              - GGTTCGCTTT GCACCCTATA TGAGATACAT TGAGAAAAAG CTAATGCAAG CTCTGAAGCC                                                         5820                              - TAACTTCTAC ATCCATTCAG GGAAAGGTCT GACGAGCTGA ACGAGTGGGT CAGAACTAGA                                                        5880                               - GGATTCACTG GAATTTGCAC AGAATCAGAC TACGAAGCCT TTGATGCTTC CCAAGACCAC                                                        5940                               - TTCATCCTAG CATTCGAATT GCAGATAATG AAATTTTTGG GGTTACCTGA AGATTTAATT                                                        6000                               - TTGGACTATG AATTCATAAA AATTCATTTG GGATCAAAGC TCGGATCATT CTCTATAATG                                                        6060                               - AGGTTTACTG GGGAGGCCAG CACATTTCTG TTTAACACTA TGGCTAACAT GTTGTTCACC                                                        6120                               - TTTCTGAGGT ACGAACTAAC AGGCTCTGAG TCAATAGCAT TTGCAGGTGA TGACATGTGT                                                        6180                               - GCTAATCGAA GGTTGCGGCT TAAAACAGAG CATGAGGGTT TTCTGAACAT GATTTGCCTT                                                        6240                               - AAGGCCAAGG TTCAGTTTGT TTCCAATCCC ACATTCTGCG GATGGTGTTT ATTTAAGGAA                                                        6300                               - GGGATCTTCA AGAAGCCTCA ATTAATCTGG GAGCGGATAT GCATTGCTAG GGAGATGGGC                                                        6360                               - AACCTGGAGA ATTGTATTGA CAATTATGCG ATAGAGGTCT CCTATGCATA CCGACTGGGA                                                        6420                               - GAGCTAGCCA TTGAAATGAT GACCGAGGAA GAAGTGGAGG CCCATTATAA TTGTGTTAGA                                                        6480                               - TTCTTGGTCA GGAACAAGCA TAAGATGAGA TGCTCAATTT CAGGCCTATT TGAAGCTATT                                                        6540                               - GATTAGGCCT TAAGTATTTG GCATTATTTG AGTATTATGA ATAATTTAGT TAAAGCATTG                                                        6600                               - TCAGCATTTG AGTTTGTAGG TGTTTTCAGT GTGCTTAAAT TTCCAGTAGT CATTCATAGT                                                        6660                               - GTGCCTGGTA GTGGTAAAAG TAGTTTAATA AGGGAGCTAA TTTCCGAGGA TGAGAATTTC                                                        6720                               - ATAGCTTTCA CAGCAGGTGT TCCAGACAGC CCTAATCTCA CAGGAAGGTA CATTAAGCCT                                                        6780                               - TATTCTCCAG GGTGTGCAGT GCCAGGGAAA GTTAATATAC TTGATGAGTA CTTGTCCGTC                                                        6840                               - CAAGATTTTT CAGGTTTTGA TGTGCTGTTC TCGGACCCAT ACCAAAACAT CAGCATTCCT                                                        6900                               - AAAGAGGCAC ATTTCATCAA GTCAAAAACT TGTAGGTTTG GCGTGAATAC TTGCAAATAT                                                        6960                               - CTTTCCTCCT TCGGTTTTAA GGTTAGCAGT GACGGTTTGG ACAAAGTCAT TGTGGGGTCG                                                        7020                               - CCTTTTACAC TAGATGTTGA AGGGGTGCTA ATATGCTTTG GTAAGGAGGC AGTGGATCTC                                                        7080                               - GCTGTTGCGC ACAACTCTGA ATTCAAATTA CCTTGTGAAG TTAGAGGTTC AACTTTTAAC                                                        7140                               - GTCGTAACTC TTTTGAAATC AAGAGATCCA ACCCCAGAGG ATAGGCACTG GTTTTACATT                                                       7200                                - GCTGCTACAA GACACAGGGA GAAATTGATA ATCATGCAGT AAGATGCCTT TTCAGCAGCC                                                       7260                                - TGCGAATTGG GCAAAAACCA TAACTCCATT GACAGTTGGC TTGGGCATTG GGCTTGTGCT                                                       7320                                - GCATTTTCTG AGGAAGTCAA ATCTACCTTA TTCAGGGGAC AACATCCATC AATTCCCTCA                                                       7380                                - CGGTGGGCGT TACAGGGACG GTACAAAAAG TATAACTTAC TGTGGTCCAA AGCAATCCTT                                                       7440                                - CCCCAGCTCT GGGATATTCG GCCAATCTGA GAATTTTGTG CCCTTAATGC TTGTCATAGG                                                       7500                                - TCTAATCGCA TTCATACATG TATTGTCTGT TTGGAATTCT GGTCTTGGTA GGAATTGTAA                                                       7560                                - TTGCCATCCA AATCCTTGCT CATGTAGACA GCAGTAGTGG CAACCACCAA GGTTGCTTCA                                                       7620                                - TTAGGGCCAC TGGAGAGTCA ATTTTGATTG AAAACTGCGG CCCAAGTGAG GCCCTTGCAT                                                       7680                                - CCACTGTGAA GGAGGTGCTG GGAGGTTTGA AGGCTTTAGG GGTTAGCCGT GCTGTTGAAG                                                       7740                                - AAATTGATTA TCATTGTTAA ATTGGCTGAA TGGCAAGTCA AATTGGGAAA CTCCCCGGTG                                                       7800                                - AATCAAATGA GGCTTTTGAA GCCCGGCTAA AATCGCTGGA GTTAGCTAGA GCTCAAAAGC                                                       7860                                - AGCCGGAAGG TTCTAATGCA CCACCTACTC TCAGTGGCAT TCTTGCCAAA CGCAAGAGGA                                                        7920                               - TTATAGAGAA TGCACTTTCA AAGACGGTGG ACATGAGGGA GGTTTTGAAA CACGAAACGG                                                        7980                               - TGGTGATTTC CCCAAATGTC ATGGATGAAG GTGCAATAGA CGAGCTGATT CGTGCATTTG                                                        8040                               - GTGAATCTGG CATAGCTGAA AGCGTGCAAT TTGATGTGGC CATAGATATA GCACGTCACT                                                        8100                               - GCTCTGATGT TGGTAGCTCC CAGAGGTCAA CCCTGATTGG CAAGAGTCCA TTTTGTGACC                                                        8160                               - TAAACAGATC AGAAATAGCT GGGATTATAA GGGAGGTGAC CACATTACGT AGATTTTGCA                                                        8220                               - TGTACTATGC AAAAATCGTG TGGAACATCC ATCTGGAGAC GGGGATACCA CCAGCTAACT                                                      8280                                 - GGGCCAAGAA AGGATTTAAT GAGAATGAAA AGTTTGCAGC CTTTGATTTT TTCTTGGGAG                                                      8340                                 - TCACAGATGA GAGTGCGCTT GAACCAAAGG GTGGAATTAA AAGAGCTCCA ACGAAAGCTG                                                      8400                                 - AGATGGTTGC TAATATCGCC TCTTTTGAGG TTCAAGTGCT CAGACAAGCT ATGGCTGAAG                                                      8460                                 - GCAAGCGGAG TTCCAACCTT GGAGAGATTA GTGGTGGAAC GGCTGGTGCA CTCATCAACA                                                      8520                                 - ACCCCTTTTC AAATGTTACA CATGAATGAG GATGACGAAG TCAGCGACAA TTCCGCAGTC                                                      8580                                 - CAATAATTCC CCGATTTCAA GGCTGGGTTA AGCCTGTTCG CTGGAATACC GTACTAATAG                                                      8640                                 - TATTCCCTTT CCATGCTAAA TCCTATTTAA TATATAAGGT GTGGAAAGTA AAAGAAGATT                                                      8700                                 - TGGTGTGTTT TTATAGTTTT CATTCAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA AAA 8743                 

The DNA molecule of SEQ. ID. No. 1 contains at least five open reading frames (e.g., ORF1-ORF5), each of which encodes a particular protein or polypeptide of RSPaV-1, and a 3' untranscribed region downstream of ORF5.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV- 1 ORF1) includes nucleotides 62-6547 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1 ORF1 encodes for a RSPaV-1 replicase and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 2 as follows:

    ATGGCCCTCT CTTATAGGCC TGCTGTTGAA GAGGTGCTCG CAAAATTCAC CTCTGATGAA                                                       60                                                                                   - CAATCCAGGG TTTCTGCTAC                                                      AGCTCTCAAG GCATTAGTAG                                                          ACTTAGAGGA AAGTCAGCAC                                                             120                               - AATTTGTTCT CTTTCGCATT GCCTGATAGA AGCAAAGAAA GGCTGATATC TTCTGGCATT                                                             180                           - TACTTAAGTC CTTACAGTTT CAGACCCCAC TCACATCCAG TTTGTAAAAC TTTAGAAAAT                                                             240                           - CACATTTTGT ACAATGTTTT ACCTAGTTAT GTTAATAATT CATTTTACTT TGTAGGAATC                                                             300                           - AAGGATTTTA AGCTGCAGTT CTTGAAAAGG AGGAATAAGG ATCTCAGCTT GGTAGCACTC                                                             360                           - ATAAATAGGT TTGTGACAAG TCGTGATGTT AGTAGGTATG GGTCTGAGTT CGTTATAAGT                                                             420                           - TCTAGTGACA AATCAAGTCA GGTTGTCAGT AGAAAGGGCA TTGGTGATTC TAACACACTC                                                             480                           - CGGAGATTGG TCCCACGTGT AATTTCCACA GGTGCCAGGA ATCTTTTTCT GCATGATGAG                                                             540                           - ATTCACTACT GGTCAATTAG TGATCTGATC AATTTTTTGG ACGTTGCCAA GCCAAGCATG                                                             600                           - CTCTTGGCAA CTGCAGTAAT CCCTCCAGAA GTGCTGGTTG GCTCTCCAGA GAGTCTTAAC                                                             660                           - CCTTGGGCCT ACCAGTATAA AATCAATGGC AACCAACTGC TCTTCGCACC AGATGGCAAC                                                             720                           - TGGAATGAGA TGTACTCACA ACCTTTGTCA TGCAGATACC TGCTCAAGGC CAGATCTGTA                                                             780                           - GTTCTGCCCG ATGGCTCACG CTACTCGGTT GACATCATTC ACTCAAAATT TAGTCACCAC                                                         840                               - TTGCTTAGTT TCACCCCTAT GGGTAATCTT TTGACTTCAA ACATGCGATG TTTTTCTGGC                                                         900                               - TTCGATGCAA TAGGCATAAA AGATCTTGAA CCTCTAAGCC GCGGCATGCA CAGTTGCTTC                                                          960                              - CCAGTACATC ATGATGTTGT AACTAAGATA TATCTTTATT TGAGAACTCT CAAGAAGCCA                                                         1020                              - GATAAGGAGT CTGCCGAGGC AAAGCTTCGA CAACTCATAG AAAAACCCAC AGGGAGGGAG                                                         1080                              - ATAAAGTTTA TCGAGGATTT TTCCTCACTA GTAATAAATT GTGGGAGGAG TGGCTCTTTG                                                         1140                              - CTTATGCCCA ACATTTCTAA GTTGGTCATA TCATTCTTTT GCCGGATGAT GCCAAATGCA                                                         1200                              - CTCGCCAGGC TCTCTTCTAG CTTTCGAGAG TGTTCGCTAG ATTCATTTGT GTACTCACTT                                                         1260                              - GAGCCCTTTA ATTTTTCCGT TAATTTAGTG GATATAACTC CTGATTTCTT TGAGCATTTA                                                         1320                              - TTTCTCTTCT CCTGCCTAAA TGAGTTGATC GAGGAGGACG TTGAAGAGGT CATGGACAAT                                                         1380                              - TCTTGGTTTG GACTTGGGGA CTTACAATTC AATCGCCAGA GGGCCCCGTT CTTTCTTGGG                                                         1440                              - TCTTCATATT GGCTCAACTC CAAATTTTCA GTTGAGCACA AGTTTTCAGG CACCATCAAT                                                         1500                              - TCTCAAATCA TGCAAGTTAT TTTATCTTTG ATCCCATTTT CTGATGATCC CACTTTTAGG                                                         1560                              - CCATCTTCTA CAGAGGTTAA CCTTGCACTA TCAGAGGTTA AGGCTGCGCT AGAAGCTACT                                                         1620                              - GGGCAGTCAA AATTGTTCAG GTTTTTGGTG GACGACTGTG CTATGCGTGA GGTTAGAAGT                                                         1680                              - TCCTATAAGG TGGGCCTTTT TAAGCACATA AAAGCCCTCA CTCATTGCTT TAATTCTTGT                                                         1740                              - GGCCTCCAAT GGTTCCTCCT TAGGCAAAGG TCCAACCTCA AATTTCTGAA GGACAGGGCA                                                       1800                                - TCGTCCTTTG CTGATCTTGA TTGTGAGGTT ATCAAAGTTT ATCAGCTTGT AACATCACAG                                                        1860                               - GCAATACTTC CTGAGGCTCT GCTTAGCTTG ACCAAAGTCT TTGTCAGGGA TTCTGACTCA                                                        1920                               - AAGGGTGTTT CCATTCCCAG ATTGGTCTCG AGAAATGAGC TAGAGGAACT AGCTCACCCA                                                        1980                               - GCTAATTCAG CCCTTGAGGA GCCTCAATCA GTTGATTGTA ATGCAGGCAG GGTTCAAGCA                                                        2040                               - AGCGTTTCAA GTTCCCAGCA GCTTGCCGAC ACCCACTCTC TTGGTAGCGT TAAGTCATCA                                                        2100                               - ATTGAGACAG CTAACAAGGC TTTTAACTTG GAGGAGCTAA GGATCATGAT TAGAGTCTTG                                                        2160                               - CCGGAGGATT TTAACTGGGT GGCGAAGAAC ATTGGTTTTA AAGACAGGCT GAGAGGCAGG                                                        2220                               - GGTGCATCAT TCTTCTCAAA ACCAGGAATT TCATGTCATA GTTACAATGG TGGGAGCCAC                                                        2280                               - ACAAGCTTAG GGTGGCCAAA GTTCATGGAT CAGATTCTAA GCTCCACTGG TGGACGTAAT                                                        2340                               - TACTACAATT CATGCCTGGC TCAGATCTAT GAGGAAAATT CAAAATTGGC TCTTCATAAG                                                        2400                               - GATGATGAGA GTTGCTATGA AATTGGGCAC AAAGTTTTGA CTGTTAATTT AATCGGCTCA                                                        2460                               - GCAACTTTCA CTATTAGTAA GTCGCGAAAT TTGGTTGGGG GTAATCATTG CAGCCTGACA                                                        2520                               - ATTGGGCCAA ATGAGTTTTT CGAAATGCCT AGGGGCATGC AATGCAATTA CTTCCATGGG                                                        2580                               - GTTTCCAATT GTACGCCAGG GCGGGTATCG CTGACCTTTA GGCGCCAAAA GTTGGAAGAT                                                         2640                              - GATGATTTGA TCTTCATAAA TCCACAGGTG CCCATTGAGC TCAATCATGA AAAGCTTGAC                                                         2700                              - CGAAGTATGT GGCAGATGGG CCTTCATGGA ATTAAGAAAT CTATTTCTAT GAATGGCACG                                                         2760                              - AGTTTTACCT CAGACCTATG CTCTTGTTTC TCTTGCCACA ACTTTCATAA ATTCAAGGAT                                                         2820                              - CTCATCAATA ACTTGAGATT GGCCCTAGGA GCACAAGGGC TAGGTCAGTG TGACAGGGTT                                                         2880                              - GTGTTTGCAA CAACAGGTCC TGGTCTATCT AAGGTTTTAG AAATGCCTCG GAGCAAAAAG                                                         2940                              - CAATCAATTT TGGTTCTTGA AGGTGCCCTA TCCATAGAAA CAGATTATGG TCCAAAAGTC                                                         3000                              - CTGGGGTCTT TTGAAGTTTT CAAAGGGGAC TTTCACATTA AGAAGATGGA GGAAGGTTCA                                                         3060                              - ATTTTTGTAA TAACGTACAA GGCCCCAATT AGATCCACTG GCAGGTTGAG GGTTCACAGT                                                         3120                              - TCAGAATGCT CATTTTCCGG ATCCAAAGAG GTATTGCTAG GCTGCCAGAT TGAGGCATGT                                                         3180                              - GCTGATTATG ATATTGATGA TTTTAACACT TTCTCTGTGC CTGGTGATGG CAATTGCTTT                                                         3240                              - TGGCATTCTG TTGGTTTTTT ACTTAGCACT GATGGACTTG CCCTAAAGGC CGGTATTCGA                                                         3300                              - TCTTTCGTGG AGAGTGAGCG CTTGGTAAGT CCAGATCTTT CAGCCCCAGC AATTTCTAAA                                                       3360                                - CAATTGGAAG AGAATGCTTA TGCCGAGAAT GAGATGATCG CATTATTCTG CATTCGGCAC                                                       3420                                - CACGTAAGGC CTATAGTGAT CACACCAGAA TATGAAGTTA GTTGGAAATT CGGGGAAGGT                                                       3480                                - GAGTGGCCCC TATGTGGAAT TCTTTGCCTT AAATCAAATC ACTTCCAACC ATGCGCCCCA                                                       3540                                - CTGAATGGTT GCATGATCAC AGCCATTGCT TCAGCACTTG GAAGGCGTGA AGTTGATGTG                                                       3600                                - TTAAATTATC TGTGTAGACC CAGCACTAAT CATATTTTTG AGGAGCTTTG TCAGGGAGGG                                                       3660                                - GGCCTTAACA TGATGTATTT AGCTGAAGCT TTTGAGGCCT TTGACATTTG CGCTAAATGT                                                       3720                                - GATATAAATG GAGAGATTGA AGTGATTAAT CCGTGTGGTA AAATTTCTGC ATTGTTTGAC                                                       3780                                - ATAACTAATG AGCACATAAG GCATGTTGAG AAAATAGGTA ATGGCCCTCA GAGCATAAAA                                                       3840                                - GTGGATGAAT TGCGGAAGGT CAAGCGATCC GCCCTCGATT TCCTTTCAAT GAATGGGTCT                                                       3900                                - AAAATAACCT ACTTCCCAAG CTTTGAGCGG GCTGAAAAGT TGCAAGGATG TTTGCTAGGG                                                        3960                               - GGCCTAACTG GCGTTATAAG TGATGAGAAG TTCAGTGATG CAAAACCTTG GCTTTCTGGT                                                        4020                               - ATATCTACTA CTGATATTAA GCCAAGGGAA TTGACTGTCG TGCTTGGTAC ATTTGGGGCT                                                        4080                               - GGGAAGAGTT TCTTGTACAA GAGTTTCATG AAAAGGTCTG AGGGTAAATT CGTAACCTTT                                                        4140                               - GTTTCTCCCA GACGTGCTTT AGCAAATTCA ATCAAAAATG ATCTTGAAAT GGATGATAGC                                                        4200                               - TGCAAAGTTG CTAAAGCAGG TAGGTCAAAG AAGGAAGGGT GGGATGTAGT AACTTTTGAG                                                        4260                               - GTTTTCCTTA GAAAAGTTGC AGGATTGAAG GCTGGCCACT GTGTGATTTT TGATGAGGTC                                                        4320                               - CAGTTGTTTC CTCCTGGATA CATCGATCTA TGCTTGCTTA TTATACGTAG TGATGCTTTC                                                        4380                               - ATTTCACTTG CTGGTGATCC ATGTCAAAGC ACATATGACT CGCAAAAGGA TCGGGCAATT                                                        4440                               - TTGGGCGCTG AGCAGAGTGA CATACTTAGA CTGCTTGAGG GCAAAACGTA TAGGTATAAC                                                        4500                               - ATAGAAAGCA GGAGGTTTGT GAACCCAATG TTCGAATCAA GACTGCCATG TCACTTCAAA                                                        4560                               - AAGGGCTCGA TGACTGCCGC TTTCGCTGAT TATGCAATCT TCCATAATAT GCATGACTTT                                                        4620                               - CTCCTGGCGA GGTCAAAAGG TCCCTTGGAT GCCGTTTTGG TTTCCAGTTT TGAGGAGAAA                                                        4680                               - AAGATAGTCC AGTCCTACTT TGGAATGAAA CAGCTCACAC TCACATTTGG TGAATCAACT                                                        4740                               - GGGTTGAATT TCAAAAATGG GGGAATTCTC ATATCACATG ATTCCTTTCA CACAGATGAT                                                        4800                               - CGGCGGTGGC TTACTGCTTT ATCTCGCTTC AGCCACAATT TGGATTTGGT GAACATCACA                                                        4860                               - GGTCTGAGGG TGGAAAGTTT TCTCTCGCAC TTTGCTGGCA AACCCCTCTA CCATTTTTTA                                                        4920                               - ACAGCCAAAA GTGGGGAGAA TGTCATACGA GATTTGCTCC CAGGTGAGCC TAACTTCTTC                                                        4980                               - AGTGGCTTTA ACGTTAGCAT TGGAAAGAAT GAAGGTGTTA GGGAGGAGAA GTTATGTGGT                                                        5040                               - GACCCATGGT TAAAAGTTAT GCTTTTCCTG GGTCAAGATG AGGATTGTGA AGTTGAAGAG                                                        5100                               - ATGGAGTCAG AATGCTCAAA TGAAGAATGG TTTAAAACCC ACATCCCCTT GAGTAATCTG                                                        5160                               - GAGTCAACCA GGGCCAGGTG GGTGGGTAAA ATGGCCTTGA AAGAGTATCG GGAGGTGCGT                                                        5220                               - TGTGGTTATG AAATGACTCA ACAATTCTTT GATGAGCATA GGGGTGGAAC TGGTGAGCAA                                                        5280                               - CTGAGCAATG CATGTGAGAG GTTTGAAAGC ATTTACCCAA GGCATAAAGG AAATGATTCA                                                        5340                               - ATAACCTTCC TCATGGCTGT CCGAAAGCGT CTCAAATTTT CGAAGCCCCA GGTTGAAGCT                                                        5400                               - GCCAAACTGA GGCGGGCCAA ACCATATGGG AAATTCTTAT TAGATTCTTT CCTATCCAAA                                                        5460                               - ATCCCATTGA AAGCCAGTCA TAATTCCATC ATGTTTCATG AAGCGGTACA GGAGTTTGAG                                                         5520                              - GCGAAGAAGG CTAGTAAGAG TGCAGCAACT ATAGAGAATC ATGCAGGTAG GTCATGCAGG                                                        5580                               - GATTGGTTAT TAGATGTTGC TCTGATTTTT ATGAAGTCAC AACACTGTAC TAAATTTGAC                                                        5640                               - AACAGGCTTA GAGTAGCTAA AGCTGGGCAA ACCCTTGCTT GCTTCCAACA TGCTGTTCTG                                                        5700                               - GTTCGCTTTG CACCCTATAT GAGATACATT GAGAAAAAGC TAATGCAAGC TCTGAAGCCT                                                        5760                               - AACTTCTACA TCCATTCAGG GAAAGGTCTG ACGAGCTGAA CGAGTGGGTC AGAACTAGAG                                                        5820                               - GATTCACTGG AATTTGCACA GAATCAGACT ACGAAGCCTT TGATGCTTCC CAAGACCACT                                                        5880                               - TCATCCTAGC ATTCGAATTG CAGATAATGA AATTTTTGGG GTTACCTGAA GATTTAATTT                                                        5940                               - TGGACTATGA ATTCATAAAA ATTCATTTGG GATCAAAGCT CGGATCATTC TCTATAATGA                                                        6000                               - GGTTTACTGG GGAGGCCAGC ACATTTCTGT TTAACACTAT GGCTAACATG TTGTTCACCT                                                        6060                               - TTCTGAGGTA CGAACTAACA GGCTCTGAGT CAATAGCATT TGCAGGTGAT GACATGTGTG                                                        6120                               - CTAATCGAAG GTTGCGGCTT AAAACAGAGC ATGAGGGTTT TCTGAACATG ATTTGCCTTA                                                        6180                               - AGGCCAAGGT TCAGTTTGTT TCCAATCCCA CATTCTGCGG ATGGTGTTTA TTTAAGGAAG                                                            6240                           - GGATCTTCAA GAAGCCTCAA TTAATCTGGG AGCGGATATG CATTGCTAGG GAGATGGGCA                                                            6300                           - ACCTGGAGAA TTGTATTGAC AATTATGCGA TAGAGGTCTC CTATGCATAC CGACTGGGAG                                                            6360                           - AGCTAGCCAT TGAAATGATG ACCGAGGAAG AAGTGGAGGC CCATTATAAT TGTGTTAGAT                                                            6420                           - TCTTGGTCAG GAACAAGCAT AAGATGAGAT GCTCAATTTC AGGCCTATTT GAAGCTATTG                                                            6480                           - ATTAG                                                                                                                        6485                   

The RSPaV-1 replicase has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 3 as follows:

    Met Ala Leu Ser Tyr Arg Pro Ala Val Glu Glu Val Leu Ala Lys Phe                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Thr Ser Asp Glu Gln Ser Arg Val Ser Ala Thr Ala Leu Lys Ala Leu                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Val Asp Leu Glu Glu Ser Gln His Asn Leu Phe Ser Phe Ala Leu Pro                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Asp Arg Ser Lys Glu Arg Leu Ile Ser Ser Gly Ile Tyr Leu Ser Pro                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Tyr Ser Phe Arg Pro His Ser His Pro Val Cys Lys Thr Leu Glu Asn                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - His Ile Leu Tyr Asn Val Leu                                                Pro Ser Tyr Val Asn Asn Ser Phe                                                Tyr                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Phe Val Gly Ile Lys Asp Phe Lys Leu Gln Phe Leu Lys Arg Arg Asn                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Lys Asp Leu Ser Leu Val Ala Leu Ile Asn Arg Phe Val Thr Ser Arg                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Asp Val Ser Arg Tyr Gly Ser Glu Phe Val Ile Ser Ser Ser Asp Lys                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - Ser Ser Gln Val Val Ser Arg Lys Gly Ile Gly Asp Ser Asn Thr Leu                                                   145                 150                                                             155                 160                                                    - Arg Arg Leu Val Pro Arg Val                                                Ile Ser Thr Gly Ala Arg Asn Leu                                                Phe                                                       165                 170                 175                     - Leu His Asp Glu Ile His Tyr Trp Ser Ile Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Phe                                                               180                                                               185                 190                    - Leu Asp Val Ala Lys Pro Ser Met Leu Leu Ala Thr Ala Val Ile Pro                                                           195                 200                                                             205                          - Pro Glu Val Leu Val Gly Ser Pro Glu Ser Leu Asn Pro Trp Ala Tyr                                                       210                 215                                                             220                              - Gln Tyr Lys Ile Asn Gly Asn Gln Leu Leu Phe Ala Pro Asp Gly Asn                                                   225                 230                                                             235                 240                                                    - Trp Asn Glu Met Tyr Ser Gln                                                Pro Leu Ser Cys Arg Tyr Leu Leu                                                Lys                                                       245                 250                 255                     - Ala Arg Ser Val Val Leu Pro Asp Gly Ser Arg Tyr Ser Val Asp Ile                                                               260                                                               265                 270                    - Ile His Ser Lys Phe Ser His His Leu Leu Ser Phe Thr Pro Met Gly                                                           275                 280                                                             285                          - Asn Leu Leu Thr Ser Asn Met Arg Cys Phe Ser Gly Phe Asp Ala Ile                                                       290                 295                                                             300                              - Gly Ile Lys Asp Leu Glu Pro Leu Ser Arg Gly Met His Ser Cys Phe                                                   305                 310                                                             315                 320                                                    - Pro Val His His Asp Val Val                                                Thr Lys Ile Tyr Leu Tyr Leu Arg                                                Thr                                                       325                 330                 335                     - Leu Lys Lys Pro Asp Lys Glu Ser Ala Glu Ala Lys Leu Arg Gln Leu                                                               340                                                               345                 350                    - Ile Glu Lys Pro Thr Gly Arg Glu Ile Lys Phe Ile Glu Asp Phe Ser                                                           355                 360                                                             365                          - Ser Leu Val Ile Asn Cys Gly Arg Ser Gly Ser Leu Leu Met Pro Asn                                                       370                 375                                                             380                              - Ile Ser Lys Leu Val Ile Ser Phe Phe Cys Arg Met Met Pro Asn Ala                                                   385                 390                                                             395                 400                                                    - Leu Ala Arg Leu Ser Ser Ser                                                Phe Arg Glu Cys Ser Leu Asp Ser                                                Phe                                                       405                 410                 415                     - Val Tyr Ser Leu Glu Pro Phe Asn Phe Ser Val Asn Leu Val Asp Ile                                                               420                                                               425                 430                    - Thr Pro Asp Phe Phe Glu His Leu Phe Leu Phe Ser Cys Leu Asn Glu                                                           435                 440                                                             445                          - Leu Ile Glu Glu Asp Val Glu Glu Val Met Asp Asn Ser Trp Phe Gly                                                       450                 455                                                             460                              - Leu Gly Asp Leu Gln Phe Asn Arg Gln Arg Ala Pro Phe Phe Leu Gly                                                   465                 470                                                             475                 480                                                    - Ser Ser Tyr Trp Leu Asn Ser                                                Lys Phe Ser Val Glu His Lys Phe                                                Ser                                                       485                 490                 495                     - Gly Thr Ile Asn Ser Gln Ile Met Gln Val Ile Leu Ser Leu Ile Pro                                                               500                                                               505                 510                    - Phe Ser Asp Asp Pro Thr Phe Arg Pro Ser Ser Thr Glu Val Asn Leu                                                           515                 520                                                             525                          - Ala Leu Ser Glu Val Lys Ala Ala Leu Glu Ala Thr Gly Gln Ser Lys                                                       530                 535                                                             540                              - Leu Phe Arg Phe Leu Val Asp Asp Cys Ala Met Arg Glu Val Arg Ser                                                   545                 550                                                             555                 560                                                    - Ser Tyr Lys Val Gly Leu Phe                                                Lys His Ile Lys Ala Leu Thr His                                                Cys                                                       565                 570                 575                     - Phe Asn Ser Cys Gly Leu Gln Trp Phe Leu Leu Arg Gln Arg Ser Asn                                                               580                                                               585                 590                    - Leu Lys Phe Leu Lys Asp Arg Ala Ser Ser Phe Ala Asp Leu Asp Cys                                                           595                 600                                                             605                          - Glu Val Ile Lys Val Tyr Gln Leu Val Thr Ser Gln Ala Ile Leu Pro                                                       610                 615                                                             620                              - Glu Ala Leu Leu Ser Leu Thr Lys Val Phe Val Arg Asp Ser Asp Ser                                                   625                 630                                                             635                 640                                                    - Lys Gly Val Ser Ile Pro Arg                                                Leu Val Ser Arg Asn Glu Leu Glu                                                Glu                                                       645                 650                 655                     - Leu Ala His Pro Ala Asn Ser Ala Leu Glu Glu Pro Gln Ser Val Asp                                                               660                                                               665                 670                    - Cys Asn Ala Gly Arg Val Gln Ala Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Gln Gln Leu                                                           675                 680                                                             685                          - Ala Asp Thr His Ser Leu Gly Ser Val Lys Ser Ser Ile Glu Thr Ala                                                       690                 695                                                             700                              - Asn Lys Ala Phe Asn Leu Glu Glu Leu Arg Ile Met Ile Arg Val Leu                                                   705                 710                                                             715                 720                                                    - Pro Glu Asp Phe Asn Trp Val                                                Ala Lys Asn Ile Gly Phe Lys Asp                                                Arg                                                       725                 730                 735                     - Leu Arg Gly Arg Gly Ala Ser Phe Phe Ser Lys Pro Gly Ile Ser Cys                                                               740                                                               745                 750                    - His Ser Tyr Asn Gly Gly Ser His Thr Ser Leu Gly Trp Pro Lys Phe                                                           755                 760                                                             765                          - Met Asp Gln Ile Leu Ser Ser Thr Gly Gly Arg Asn Tyr Tyr Asn Ser                                                       770                 775                                                             780                              - Cys Leu Ala Gln Ile Tyr Glu Glu Asn Ser Lys Leu Ala Leu His Lys                                                   785                 790                                                             795                 800                                                    - Asp Asp Glu Ser Cys Tyr Glu                                                Ile Gly His Lys Val Leu Thr Val                                                Asn                                                       805                 810                 815                     - Leu Ile Gly Ser Ala Thr Phe Thr Ile Ser Lys Ser Arg Asn Leu Val                                                               820                                                               825                 830                    - Gly Gly Asn His Cys Ser Leu Thr Ile Gly Pro Asn Glu Phe Phe Glu                                                           835                 840                                                             845                          - Met Pro Arg Gly Met Gln Cys Asn Tyr Phe His Gly Val Ser Asn Cys                                                       850                 855                                                             860                              - Thr Pro Gly Arg Val Ser Leu Thr Phe Arg Arg Gln Lys Leu Glu Asp                                                   865                 870                                                             875                 880                                                    - Asp Asp Leu Ile Phe Ile Asn                                                Pro Gln Val Pro Ile Glu Leu Asn                                                His                                                       885                 890                 895                     - Glu Lys Leu Asp Arg Ser Met Trp Gln Met Gly Leu His Gly Ile Lys                                                               900                                                               905                 910                    - Lys Ser Ile Ser Met Asn Gly Thr Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Leu Cys Ser                                                           915                 920                                                             925                          - Cys Phe Ser Cys His Asn Phe His Lys Phe Lys Asp Leu Ile Asn Asn                                                       930                 935                                                             940                              - Leu Arg Leu Ala Leu Gly Ala Gln Gly Leu Gly Gln Cys Asp Arg Val                                                   945                 950                                                             955                 960                                                    - Val Phe Ala Thr Thr Gly Pro                                                Gly Leu Ser Lys Val Leu Glu Met                                                Pro                                                       965                 970                 975                     - Arg Ser Lys Lys Gln Ser Ile Leu Val Leu Glu Gly Ala Leu Ser Ile                                                               980                                                               985                 990                    - Glu Thr Asp Tyr Gly Pro Lys Val Leu Gly Ser Phe Glu Val Phe Lys                                                           995                 1000                                                            1005                         - Gly Asp Phe His Ile Lys Lys Met Glu Glu Gly Ser Ile Phe Val Ile                                                       1010                1015                                                            1020                             - Thr Tyr Lys Ala Pro Ile Arg Ser Thr Gly Arg Leu Arg Val His Ser                                                   1025                1030                                                            1035                1040                                                   - Ser Glu Cys Ser Phe Ser Gly                                                Ser Lys Glu Val Leu Leu Gly Cys                                                Gln                                                       1045                1050                1055                    - Ile Glu Ala Cys Ala Asp Tyr Asp Ile Asp Asp Phe Asn Thr Phe Ser                                                               1060                                                              1065                1070                   - Val Pro Gly Asp Gly Asn Cys Phe Trp His Ser Val Gly Phe Leu Leu                                                           1075                1080                                                            1085                         - Ser Thr Asp Gly Leu Ala Leu Lys Ala Gly Ile Arg Ser Phe Val Glu                                                       1090                1095                                                            1100                             - Ser Glu Arg Leu Val Ser Pro Asp Leu Ser Ala Pro Ala Ile Ser Lys                                                   1105                1110                                                            1115                1120                                                   - Gln Leu Glu Glu Asn Ala Tyr                                                Ala Glu Asn Glu Met Ile Ala Leu                                                Phe                                                       1125                1130                1135                    - Cys Ile Arg His His Val Arg Pro Ile Val Ile Thr Pro Glu Tyr Glu                                                               1140                                                              1145                1150                   - Val Ser Trp Lys Phe Gly Glu Gly Glu Trp Pro Leu Cys Gly Ile Leu                                                           1155                1160                                                            1165                         - Cys Leu Lys Ser Asn His Phe Gln Pro Cys Ala Pro Leu Asn Gly Cys                                                       1170                1175                                                            1180                             - Met Ile Thr Ala Ile Ala Ser Ala Leu Gly Arg Arg Glu Val Asp Val                                                   1185                1190                                                            1195                1200                                                   - Leu Asn Tyr Leu Cys Arg Pro                                                Ser Thr Asn His Ile Phe Glu Glu                                                Leu                                                       1205                1210                1215                    - Cys Gln Gly Gly Gly Leu Asn Met Met Tyr Leu Ala Glu Ala Phe Glu                                                               1220                                                              1225                1230                   - Ala Phe Asp Ile Cys Ala Lys Cys Asp Ile Asn Gly Glu Ile Glu Val                                                           1235                1240                                                            1245                         - Ile Asn Pro Cys Gly Lys Ile Ser Ala Leu Phe Asp Ile Thr Asn Glu                                                       1250                1255                                                            1260                             - His Ile Arg His Val Glu Lys Ile Gly Asn Gly Pro Gln Ser Ile Lys                                                   1265                1270                                                            1275                1280                                                   - Val Asp Glu Leu Arg Lys Val                                                Lys Arg Ser Ala Leu Asp Phe Leu                                                Ser                                                       1285                1290                1295                    - Met Asn Gly Ser Lys Ile Thr Tyr Phe Pro Ser Phe Glu Arg Ala Glu                                                               1300                                                              1305                1310                   - Lys Leu Gln Gly Cys Leu Leu Gly Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Ile Ser Asp                                                           1315                1320                                                            1325                         - Glu Lys Phe Ser Asp Ala Lys Pro Trp Leu Ser Gly Ile Ser Thr Thr                                                       1330                1335                                                            1340                             - Asp Ile Lys Pro Arg Glu Leu Thr Val Val Leu Gly Thr Phe Gly Ala                                                   1345                1350                                                            1355                1360                                                   - Gly Lys Ser Phe Leu Tyr Lys                                                Ser Phe Met Lys Arg Ser Glu Gly                                                Lys                                                       1365                1370                1375                    - Phe Val Thr Phe Val Ser Pro Arg Arg Ala Leu Ala Asn Ser Ile Lys                                                               1380                                                              1385                1390                   - Asn Asp Leu Glu Met Asp Asp Ser Cys Lys Val Ala Lys Ala Gly Arg                                                           1395                1400                                                            1405                         - Ser Lys Lys Glu Gly Trp Asp Val Val Thr Phe Glu Val Phe Leu Arg                                                       1410                1415                                                            1420                             - Lys Val Ala Gly Leu Lys Ala Gly His Cys Val Ile Phe Asp Glu Val                                                   1425                1430                                                            1435                1440                                                   - Gln Leu Phe Pro Pro Gly Tyr                                                Ile Asp Leu Cys Leu Leu Ile Ile                                                Arg                                                       1445                1450                1455                    - Ser Asp Ala Phe Ile Ser Leu Ala Gly Asp Pro Cys Gln Ser Thr Tyr                                                               1460                                                              1465                1470                   - Asp Ser Gln Lys Asp Arg Ala Ile Leu Gly Ala Glu Gln Ser Asp Ile                                                           1475                1480                                                            1485                         - Leu Arg Leu Leu Glu Gly Lys Thr Tyr Arg Tyr Asn Ile Glu Ser Arg                                                       1490                1495                                                            1500                             - Arg Phe Val Asn Pro Met Phe Glu Ser Arg Leu Pro Cys His Phe Lys                                                   1505                1510                                                            1515                1520                                                   - Lys Gly Ser Met Thr Ala Ala                                                Phe Ala Asp Tyr Ala Ile Phe His                                                Asn                                                       1525                1530                1535                    - Met His Asp Phe Leu Leu Ala Arg Ser Lys Gly Pro Leu Asp Ala Val                                                               1540                                                              1545                1550                   - Leu Val Ser Ser Phe Glu Glu Lys Lys Ile Val Gln Ser Tyr Phe Gly                                                           1555                1560                                                            1565                         - Met Lys Gln Leu Thr Leu Thr Phe Gly Glu Ser Thr Gly Leu Asn Phe                                                       1570                1575                                                            1580                             - Lys Asn Gly Gly Ile Leu Ile Ser His Asp Ser Phe His Thr Asp Asp                                                   1585                1590                                                            1595                1600                                                   - Arg Arg Trp Leu Thr Ala Leu                                                Ser Arg Phe Ser His Asn Leu Asp                                                Leu                                                       1605                1610                1615                    - Val Asn Ile Thr Gly Leu Arg Val Glu Ser Phe Leu Ser His Phe Ala                                                               1620                                                              1625                1630                   - Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr His Phe Leu Thr Ala Lys Ser Gly Glu Asn Val                                                           1635                1640                                                            1645                         - Ile Arg Asp Leu Leu Pro Gly Glu Pro Asn Phe Phe Ser Gly Phe Asn                                                       1650                1655                                                            1660                             - Val Ser Ile Gly Lys Asn Glu Gly Val Arg Glu Glu Lys Leu Cys Gly                                                   1665                1670                                                            1675                1680                                                   - Asp Pro Trp Leu Lys Val Met                                                Leu Phe Leu Gly Gln Asp Glu Asp                                                Cys                                                       1685                1690                1695                    - Glu Val Glu Glu Met Glu Ser Glu Cys Ser Asn Glu Glu Trp Phe Lys                                                               1700                                                              1705                1710                   - Thr His Ile Pro Leu Ser Asn Leu Glu Ser Thr Arg Ala Arg Trp Val                                                           1715                1720                                                            1725                         - Gly Lys Met Ala Leu Lys Glu Tyr Arg Glu Val Arg Cys Gly Tyr Glu                                                       1730                1735                                                            1740                             - Met Thr Gln Gln Phe Phe Asp Glu His Arg Gly Gly Thr Gly Glu Gln                                                   1745                1750                                                            1755                 1760                                                  - Leu Ser Asn Ala Cys Glu Arg                                                Phe Glu Ser Ile Tyr Pro Arg His                                                Lys                                                       1765                1770                1775                    - Gly Asn Asp Ser Ile Thr Phe Leu Met Ala Val Arg Lys Arg Leu Lys                                                               1780                                                              1785                1790                   - Phe Ser Lys Pro Gln Val Glu Ala Ala Lys Leu Arg Arg Ala Lys Pro                                                           1795                1800                                                            1805                         - Tyr Gly Lys Phe Leu Leu Asp Ser Phe Leu Ser Lys Ile Pro Leu Lys                                                       1810                1815                                                            1820                             - Ala Ser His Asn Ser Ile Met Phe His Glu Ala Val Gln Glu Phe Glu                                                   1825                1830                                                            1835                1840                                                   - Ala Lys Lys Ala Ser Lys Ser                                                Ala Ala Thr Ile Glu Asn His Ala                                                Gly                                                       1845                1850                1855                    - Arg Ser Cys Arg Asp Trp Leu Leu Asp Val Ala Leu Ile Phe Met Lys                                                               1860                                                              1865                1870                   - Ser Gln His Cys Thr Lys Phe Asp Asn Arg Leu Arg Val Ala Lys Ala                                                           1875                1860                                                            1885                         - Gly Gln Thr Leu Ala Cys Phe Gln His Ala Val Leu Val Arg Phe Ala                                                       1890                1895                                                            1900                             - Pro Tyr Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys Lys Leu Met Gln Ala Leu Lys Pro                                                   1905                1910                                                            1915                1920                                                   - Asn Phe Tyr Ile His Ser Gly                                                Lys Gly Leu Asp Glu Leu Asn Glu                                                Trp                                                       1925                1930                1935                    - Val Arg Thr Arg Gly Phe Thr Gly Ile Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu                                                               1940                                                              1945                1950                   - Ala Phe Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp His Phe Ile Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln                                                           1955                1960                                                            1965                         - Ile Met Lys Phe Leu Gly Leu Pro Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp Tyr Glu                                                       1970                1975                                                            1980                             - Phe Ile Lys Ile His Leu Gly Ser Lys Leu Gly Ser Phe Ser Ile Met                                                   1985                1990                                                            1995                2000                                                   - Arg Phe Thr Gly Glu Ala Ser                                                Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala                                                Asn                                                       2005                2010                2015                    - Met Leu Phe Thr Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile                                                               2020                                                              2025                2030                   - Ala Phe Ala Gly Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys                                                           2035                2040                                                            2045                         - Thr Glu His Glu Gly Phe Leu Asn Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val                                                       2050                2055                                                            2060                             - Gln Phe Val Ser Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu                                                   2065                2070                                                            2075                2080                                                   - Gly Ile Phe Lys Lys Pro Gln                                                Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile                                                Ala                                                       2085                2090                2095                    - Arg Glu Met Gly Asn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu                                                               2100                                                              2105                2110                   - Val Ser Tyr Ala Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ala Ile Glu Met Met Thr                                                           2115                2120                                                            2125                         - Glu Glu Glu Val Glu Ala His Tyr Asn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg                                                       2130                2135                                                            2140                             - Asn Lys His Lys Met Arg Cys Ser Ile Ser Gly Leu Phe Glu Ala Ile                                                   2145                2150                                                            2155                2160                                                   - Asp                            

The replicase of SEQ. ID. No.3 has a molecular weight of about 240 to 246 kDa, preferably about 244 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF2) includes nucleotides 6578-7243 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1 ORF2 encodes for a first protein or polypeptide of an RSPaV-1 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 4 as follows:

    ATGAATAATT TAGTTAAAGC ATTGTCAGCA TTTGAGTTTG TAGGTGTTTT CAGTGTGCTT                                                      60                                                                                 - AAATTTCCAG TAGTCATTCA                                                      TAGTGTGCCT GGTAGTGGTA AAAGTAGTTT                                                AATAAGGGAG           120                                                        - CTAATTTCCG AGGATGAGAA                                                      TTTCATAGCT TTCACAGCAG GTGTTCCAGA                                                CAGCCCTAAT           180                                                        - CTCACAGGAA GGTACATTAA                                                      GCCTTATTCT CCAGGGTGTG CAGTGCCAGG                                                GAAAGTTAAT           240                                                        - ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC                                                      CGTCCAAGAT TTTTCAGGTT TTGATGTGCT                                                GTTCTCGGAC           300                                                        - CCATACCAAA ACATCAGCAT                                                      TCCTAAAGAG GCACATTTCA TCAAGTCAAA                                                AACTTGTAGG           360                                                        - TTTGGCGTGA ATACTTGCAA                                                      ATATCTTTCC TCCTTCGGTT TTAAGGTTAG                                                CAGTGACGGT           420                                                        - TTGGACAAAG TCATTGTGGG                                                      GTCGCCTTTT ACACTAGATG TTGAAGGGGT                                                GCTAATATGC           480                                                        - TTTGGTAAGG AGGCAGTGGA                                                      TCTCGCTGTT GCGCACAACT CTGAATTCAA                                                ATTACCTTGT           540                                                        - GAAGTTAGAG GTTCAACTTT                                                      TAACGTCGTA ACTCTTTTGA AATCAAGAGA                                                TCCAACCCCA           600                                                        - GAGGATAGGC ACTGGTTTTA                                                      CATTGCTGCT ACAAGACACA GGGAGAAATT                                                GATAATCATG           660                                                        - CAG                                                                                        663             

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 5 as follows:

    Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val Gly Val                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Phe Ser Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Ile His Ser Val Pro Gly Ser                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu Asn Phe                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Ile Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr Gly Arg                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser Pro Gly Cys Ala Val Pro Gly Lys Val Asn                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser                                                Val Gln Asp Phe Ser Gly Phe Asp                                                Val                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Ile Pro Lys Glu Ala His                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Phe Ile Lys Ser Lys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Leu Ser Ser Phe Gly Phe Lys Val Ser Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp Lys Val                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - Ile Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Thr Leu Asp Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys                                                   145                 150                                                             155                 160                                                    - Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp                                                Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Glu                                                Phe                                                       165                 170                 175                     - Lys Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val Thr Leu                                                               180                                                               185                 190                    - Leu Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe Tyr Ile                                                           195                 200                                                             205                          - Ala Ala Thr Arg His Arg Glu Lys Leu Ile Ile Met Gln                             210                 215                 220                         

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 20 to 26 kDa, preferably 24.4 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF3) includes nucleotides 7245-7598 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1 ORF3 encodes for a second protein or polypeptide of the triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 6 as follows:

    ATGCCTTTTC AGCAGCCTGC GAATTGGGCA AAAACCATAA CTCCATTGAC AGTTGGCTTG                                                      60                                                                                 - GGCATTGCGC TTGTGCTGCA                                                      TTTTCTCAGG AAGTCAAATC TACCTTATTC                                                AGGGGACAAC          120                                                         - ATCCATCAAT TCCCTCACGG                                                      TGGGCGTTAC AGGGACGGTA CAAAAAGTAT                                                AACTTACTGT          180                                                         - GGTCCAAAGC AATCCTTCCC                                                      CAGCTCTGGG ATATTCGGCC AATCTGAGAA                                                TTTTGTGCCC          240                                                         - TTAATGCTTG TCATAGGTCT                                                      AATCGCATTC ATACATGTAT TGTCTGTTTG                                                GAATTCTGGT          300                                                         - CTTGGTAGGA ATTGTAATTG                                                      CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCTCAT GTAGACAGCA                                                G                   351        

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 7 as follows:

    Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Arg Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Lys Gln                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Leu Met Leu Val Ile Gly Leu                                                Ile Ala Phe Ile His Val Leu Ser                                                Val                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Trp Asn Ser Gly Leu Gly Arg Asn Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Ser Cys Arg Gln Gln                                                                 115                                                             

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 10 to 15 kDa, preferably 12.8 kDa.

Yet another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF4) includes nucleotides 7519-7761 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1 ORF4 encodes for a third protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 8 as follows:

    ATGTATTGTC TGTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCTTG GTAGGAATTG TAATTGCCAT CCAAATCCTT                                                      60                                                                                 - GCTCATGTAG ACAGCAGTAG                                                      TGGCAACCAC CAAGGTTGCT TCATTAGGGC                                                CACTGGAGAG          120                                                         - TCAATTTTGA TTGAAAACTG                                                      CCGCCCAACT CAGGCCCTTG CATCCACTGT                                                GAAGGAGGTG          180                                                         - CTGGGAGGTT TGAAGGCTTT                                                      AGGGGTTAGC CGTGCTGTTG AAGAAATTGA                                                TTATCATTGT          240        

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 9 as follows:

    Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Ile Val Ile Ala                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His Gln Gly                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn Cys Gly                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ser Thr Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly Gly Leu                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Arg Ala Val Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr His Cys                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80       

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSPaV-1 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 5 to 10 kDa, preferably 8.4 kDa.

Still another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSPaV-1 ORF5) includes nucleotides 7771-8550 of SEQ. ID. No. 1. The DNA molecule of RSPaV-1 ORF5 encodes for a RSPaV-1 coat protein and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 10 as follows:

    ATGGCAAGTC AAATTGGGAA ACTCCCCGGT GAATCAAATG AGGCTTTTGA AGCCCGGCTA                                                      60                                        - AAATCGCTGG AGTTAGCTAG AGCTCAAAAG CAGCCGGAAG GTTCTAATGC ACCACCTACT                                                   120                                     - CTCAGTGGCA TTCTTGCCAA ACGCAAGAGG ATTATAGAGA ATGCACTTTC AAAGACGGTG                                                   180                                     - GACATGAGGG AGGTTTTGAA ACACGAAACG GTGGTGATTT CCCCAAATGT CATGGATGAA                                                   240                                     - GGTGCAATAG ACGAGCTGAT TCGTGCATTT GGTGAATCTG GCATAGCTGA AAGCGTGCAA                                                   300                                     - TTTGATGTGG CCATAGATAT AGCACGTCAC TGCTCTGATG TTGGTAGCTC CCAGAGTTCA                                                   360                                     - ACCCTGATTG GCAAGAGTCC ATTTTGTGAC CTAAACAGAT CAGAAATAGC TGGGATTATA                                                   420                                     - AGGGAGGTGA CCACATTACG TAGATTTTGC ATGTACTATG CAAAAATCGT GTGGAACATC                                                   480                                     - CATCTGGAGA CGGGGATACC ACCAGCTAAC TGGGCCAAGA AAGGATTTAA TGAGAATGAA                                                   540                                     - AAGTTTGCAG CCTTTGATTT TTTCTTGGGA GTCACAGATG AGAGTGCGCT TGAACCAAAG                                                   600                                     - GGTGGAATTA AAAGAGCTCC AACGAAAGCT GAGATGGTTG CTAATATCGC CTCTTTTGAG                                                   660                                     - GTTCAAGTGC TCAGACAAGC TATGGCTGAA GGCAAGCGGA GTTCCAACCT TGGAGAGATT                                                   720                                     - AGTGGTGGAA CGGCTGGTGC ACTCATCAAC AACCCCTTTT CAAATGTTAC ACATGAA                                                      777                             

The RSPaV-1 coat protein has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 11 as follows:

    Met Ala Ser Gln Ile Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Phe                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys Ser Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Gln Pro                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Glu Gly Ser Asn Ala Pro Pro Thr Leu Ser Gly Ile Leu Ala Lys Arg                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Lys Arg Ile Ile Glu Asn Ala Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Val Leu Lys His Glu Thr Val Val Ile Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Gly Ala Ile Asp Glu Leu Ile                                                Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile                                                Ala                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Glu Ser Val Gln Phe Asp Val Ala Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His Cys Ser                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Asp Val Gly Ser Ser Gln Ser Ser Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser Pro Phe                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Cys Asp Leu Asn Arg Ser Glu Ile Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Thr                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe Cys Met Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp Asn Ile                                                   145                 150                                                             155                 160                                                    - His Leu Glu Thr Gly Ile Pro                                                Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys Gly                                                Phe                                                       165                 170                 175                     - Asn Glu Asn Glu Lys Phe Ala Ala Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly Val Thr                                                               180                                                               185                 190                    - Asp Glu Ser Ala Leu Glu Pro Lys Gly Gly Ile Lys Arg Ala Pro Thr                                                           195                 200                                                             205                          - Lys Ala Glu Met Val Ala Asn Ile Ala Ser Phe Glu Val Gln Val Leu                                                       210                 215                                                             220                              - Arg Gln Ala Met Ala Glu Gly Lys Arg Ser Ser Asn Leu Gly Glu Ile                                                   225                 230                                                             235                 240                                                    - Ser Gly Gly Thr Ala Gly Ala                                                Leu Ile Asn Asn Pro Phe Ser Asn                                                Val                                                       245                 250                 255                     - Thr His Glu                                                          

The RSPaV-1 coat protein has a molecular weight of about 25 to 30 kDa, preferably 28 kDa.

The DNA molecule which constitutes the substantial portion of the RSPaV strain RSP47-4 genome comprises the nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 12 as follows:

    GGCTGGGCAA ACTTTGGCCT GCTTTCAACA CGCCGTCTTG GTTCGCTTTG CACCCTACAT                                                      60                                                                                  - GCGATACATT GAAAAGAAGC                                                      TTGTGCAGGC ATTGAAACCA AATTTCTAC                                                A TTCATTCTGG          120                                                        - CAAAGGTCTT GATGAGCTAA                                                      GTGAATGGGT TAGAGCCAGA GGTTTCACA                                                G GTGTGTGTAC          180                                                        - TGAGTCAGAC TATGAAGCTT                                                      TTGATGCATC CCAAGATCAT TTCATCCTG                                                G CATTTGAACT          240                                                        - GCAAATCATG AGATTTTTAG                                                      GACTGCCAGA AGATCTGATT TTAGATTAT                                                G AGTTCATCAA      300                  - AATTCATCTT GGGTCAAAGC TTGGCTCTTT TGCAATTATG AGATTCACAG GTGAGGCAAG                                                      360                                  - CACCTTCCTA TTCAATACTA TGGCCAACAT GCTATTCACT TTCCTGAGGT ATGAGTTGAC                                                      420                                  - AGGTTCTGAA TCAATTGCAT TTGCTGGAGA TGATATGTGT GCTAATCGCA GGTTAAGACT                                                      480                                  - CAAGACTGAG CACGCCGGCT TTCTAAACAT GATCTGTCTC AAAGCTAAGG TGCAGTTTGT                                                      540                                  - CACAAATCCC ACCTTCTGTG GATGGTGTTT GTTTAAAGAG GGAATCTTTA AAAAACCCCA                                                      600                                  - GCTCATTTGG GAAAGGATCT GCATTGCTAG GGAAATGGGT AACTTGGACA ATTGCATTGA                                                      660                                  - CAATTACGCA ATTGAGGTGT CTTATGCTTA CAGACTTGGG GAATTGTCCA TAGGCGTGAT                                                      720                                  - GACTGAGGAG GAAGTTGAAG CACATTCTAA CTGCGTGCGT TTCCTGGTTC GCAATAAGCA                                                      780                                  - CAAGATGAGG TGCTCAATTT CTGGTTTGTT TGAAGTAATT GTTTAGGCCT TAAGTGTTTG                                                      840                                  - GCATGGTGTG AGTATTATGA ATAACTTAGT CAAAGCTTTG TCTGCTTTTG AATTTGTTGG                                                       900                                 - TGTGTTTTGT GTACTTAAAT TTCCAGTTGT TGTTCACAGT GTTCCAGGTA GCGGTAAAAG                                                       960                                 - TAGCCTAATA AGGGAGCTCA TTTCTGAAGA CGAGGCTTTT GTGGCCTTTA CAGCAGGTGT                                                      1020                                 - GCCAGACAGT CCAAATCTGA CAGGGAGGTA CATCAAGCCC TACGCTCCAG GGTGTGCAGT                                                      1080                                 - GCAAGGGAAA ATAAACATAC TTGATGAGTA CTTGTCTGTC TCTGATACTT CTGGCTTTGA                                                      1140                                 - TGTGCTGTTC TCAGACCCTT ACCAGAATGT CAGCATTCCA AGGGAGGCAC ACTTCATAAA                                                     1200                                  - AACCAAAACC TGTAGGTTTG GTACCAACAC CTGCAAGTAC CTTCAATCTT TTGGCTTTAA                                                     1260                                  - TGTTTGTAGT GATGGGGTGG ATAAAGTTGT TGTAGGGTCG CCATTTGAAC TGGAGGTTGA                                                     1320                                  - GGGGGTTCTC ATTTGCTTTG GAAACGAGGC TGTAGATCTA GCAGTTGCAC ACAATTCTGA                                                     1380                                  - CTTCAAGTTG CCCTGCGAGG TGCGGGGTTC AACATTTGAC GTTGTAACGT TATTGAAGTC                                                     1440                                  - CAGGGATCCA ACTTCAGAAG ATAAGCATTG GTTCTACGTT GCAGCCACAA GGCATCGAAG                                                     1500                                  - TAAACTGATA ATAATGCAGT AAAATGCCTT TTCAGCAACC TGCCAACTGG GCTAAGACCA                                                     1560                                  - TAACTCCATT AACTATTGGT TTGGGCATTG GGTTGGTTCT GCACTTCTTA AGGAAATCAA                                                     1620                                  - ATCTGCCATA TTCAGGAGAC AATATTCACC AGTTCCCACA CGGAGGGCAT TACAGGGACG                                                     1680                                  - GCACGAAGAG TATAACCTAT TGTGGCCCTA GGCAGTCATT CCCAAGCTCA GGAATATTCG                                                     1740                                  - GTCAGTCTGA AAATTTCGTA CCTCTAATAT TGGTCGTGAC TCTGGTCGCT TTTATACATG                                                      1800                                 - CGTTATCTCT TTGGAATTCT GGTCCTAGTA GGAGTTGCAA TTGCCATCCA AATCCTTGCA                                                      1860                                 - CATGTAGACA GCAGTAGTGG CAACCATCAA GGCTGTTTCA TAAGAGCCAC CGGGGAGTCA                                                      1920                                 - ATAGTAATTG AGAATTGTGG GCCGAGCGAG GCCCTAGCTG CTACAGTCAA AGAGGTGTTG                                                      1980                                 - GGCGGTCTAA AGGCTTTAGG GGTTAGCCAA AAGGTTGATG AAATTAATTA CAGTTGTTGA                                                      2040                                 - GACAGTTGAA TGGCAAGTCA AGTTGGAAAA TTGCCTGGCG AATCAAATGA AGCATATGAG                                                         2100                              - GCTAGACTCA AGGCTTTAGA GTTAGCAAGG GCCCAAAAAG CTCCAGAAGT CTCCAACCAA                                                         2160                              - CCTCCCACAC TTGGAGGCAT TCTAGCCAAA AGGAAAAGAG TGATTGAGAA TGCACTCTCA                                                         2220                              - AAGACAGTGG ATATGCGTGA AGTCTTAAGG CATGAATCTG TTGTACTCTC CCCGAATGTA                                                         2280                              - ATGGACGAGG GAGCAATAGA CGAGCTGATT CGTGCCTTTG GGGAGTCGGG CATAGCTGAA                                                         2340                              - AATGTGCAGT TTGATGTTGC AATAGACATT GCTCGCCACT GTTCTGATGT GGGGAGCTCT                                                         2400                              - CAGAGGTCAA CCCTTATTGG TAAAAGCCCC TTCTGTGAGT TAAATAGGTC TGAAATTGCC                                                         2460                              - GGAATAATAA GGGAGGTGAC CACGCTGCGC AGATTTTGCA TGTACTACGC AAAGATTGTG                                                         2520                              - TGGAACATCC ATTTGGAGAC GGGAATACCA CCAGCTAATT GGGCCAAGAA AGGATTTAAT                                                         2580                              - GAGAATGAAA AGTTTGCAGC CTTTGACTTC TTCCTTGGAG TCACAGATGA AAGCGCGCTT                                                         2640                              - GAGCCTAAGG GTGGAGTCAA GAGAGCTCCA ACAAAAGCAG                                                                               2680                      

The RSP47-4 strain contains five open reading frames (i.e., ORF1-5). ORF1 and ORF5 are only partially sequenced. RSP47-4 is 79% identical in nucleotide sequence to the corresponding region of RSPaV-1. The amino acid sequence identities between the corresponding ORFs of RSP47-4 and RSPaV-1 are: 94.1% for ORF1, 88.2% for ORF2, 88.9% for ORF3, 86.2% for ORF4, and 92.9% for ORF5. The nucleotide sequences of the five potential ORFs of RSP47-4 are given below.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 incomplete ORF1) includes nucleotides 1-768 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule is believed to code for a polypeptide portion of a RSP47-4 replicase and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 13 as follows:

    ATGCGATACA TTGAAAAGAA GCTTGTGCAG GCATTGAAAC CAAATTTCTA CATTCATTCT                                                      60                                                                                 - GGCAAAGGTC TTGATGAGCT                                                      AAGTGAATGG GTTAGAGCCA GAGGTTTCAC                                                AGGTGTGTGT          120                                                         - ACTGAGTCAG ACTATGAAGC                                                      TTTTGATGCA TCCCAAGATC ATTTCATCCT                                                GGCATTTGAA          180                                                         - CTGCAAATCA TGAGATTTTT                                                      AGGACTGCCA GAAGATCTGA TTTTAGATTA                                                TGAGTTCATC          240                                                         - AAAATTCATC TTGGGTCAAA                                                      GCTTGGCTCT TTTGCAATTA TGAGATTCAC                                                AGGTGAGGCA          300                                                         - AGCACCTTCC TATTCAATAC                                                      TATGGCCAAC ATGCTATTCA CTTTCCTGAG                                                GTATGAGTTG          360                                                         - ACAGGTTCTG AATCAATTGC                                                      ATTTGCTGGA GATGATATGT GTGCTAATCG                                                CAGGTTAAGA          420                                                         - CTCAAGACTG AGCACGCCGG                                                      CTTTCTAAAC ATGATCTGTC TCAAAGCTAA                                                GGTGCAGTTT          480                                                         - GTCACAAATC CCACCTTCTG                                                      TGGATGGTGT TTGTTTAAAG AGGGAATCTT                                                TAAAAAACCC          540                                                         - CAGCTCATTT GGGAAAGGAT                                                      CTGCATTGCT AGGGAAATGG GTAACTTGGA                                                CAATTGCATT          600                                                         - GACAATTACG CAATTGAGGT                                                      GTCTTATGCT TACAGACTTG GGGAATTGTC                                                CATAGGCGTG          660                                                         - ATGACTGAGG AGGAAGTTGA                                                      AGCACATTCT AACTGCGTGC GTTTCCTGGT                                                TCGCAATAAG          720                                                         - CACAAGATGA GGTGCTCAAT                                                      TTCTGGTTTG TTTGAAGTAA TTGTTTA                                                                       767        

The polypeptide has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 14 as follows:

    Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys Lys Leu Val Gln Ala Leu Lys Pro Asn Phe                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Tyr Ile His Ser Gly Lys Gly Leu Asp Glu Leu Ser Glu Trp Val Arg                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Ala Arg Gly Phe Thr Gly Val Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu Ala Phe                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp His Phe Ile Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln Ile Met                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Arg Phe Leu Gly Leu Pro Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp Tyr Glu Phe Ile                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Lys Ile His Leu Gly Ser Lys                                                Leu Gly Ser Phe Ala Ile Met Arg                                                Phe                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Thr Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Phe Thr Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Ala Gly Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - His Ala Gly Phe Leu Asn Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe                                                   145                 150                                                             155                 160                                                    - Val Thr Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys                                                Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly                                                Ile                                                       165                 170                 175                     - Phe Lys Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu                                                               180                                                               185                 190                    - Met Gly Asn Leu Asp Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser                                                           195                 200                                                             205                          - Tyr Ala Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ser Ile Gly Val Met Thr Glu Glu                                                       210                 215                                                             220                              - Glu Val Glu Ala His Ser Asn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg Asn Lys                                                   225                 230                                                             235                 240                                                    - His Lys Met Arg Cys Ser Ile                                                Ser Gly Leu Phe Glu Val Ile Val                                                                 245                                                             250                 255          

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF2) includes nucleotides 857-1522 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule codes for a first protein or polypeptide of an RSP47-4 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 15 as follows:

    ATGAATAACT TAGTCAAAGC TTTGTCTGCT TTTGAATTTG TTGGTGTGTT TTGTGTACTT                                                      60                                                                                 - AAATTTCCAG TTGTTGTTCA                                                      CAGTGTTCCA GGTAGCGGTA AAAGTAGCCT                                                AATAAGGGAG            120                                                       - CTCATTTCTG AAGACGAGGC                                                      TTTTGTGGCC TTTACAGCAG GTGTGCCACA                                                CAGTCCAAAT           180                                                        - CTGACAGGGA GGTACATCAA                                                      GCCCTACGCT CCAGGGTGTG CAGTGCAAGG                                                GAAAATAAAC           240                                                        - ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC                                                      TGTCTCTGAT ACTTCTGGCT TTGATGTGCT                                                GTTCTCAGAC           300                                                        - CCTTACCAGA ATGTCAGCAT                                                      TCCAAGGGAG GCACACTTCA TAAAAACCAA                                                AACCTGTAGG            360                                                       - TTTGGTACCA ACACCTGCAA                                                      GTACCTTCAA TCTTTTGGCT TTAATGTTTG                                                TAGTGATGGG           420                                                        - GTGGATAAAG TTGTTGTAGG                                                      GTCGCCATTT GAACTGGAGG TTGAGGGGGT                                                TCTCATTTGC           480                                                        - TTTGGAAAGG AGGCTGTAGA                                                      TCTAGCAGTT GCACACAATT CTGACTTCAA                                                GTTGCCCTGC           540                                                        - GAGGTGCGGG GTTCAACATT                                                      TGACGTTGTA ACGTTATTGA AGTCCAGGGA                                                TCCAACTTCA           600                                                        - GAAGATAAGC ATTGGTTCTA                                                      CGTTGCAGCC ACAAGGCATC GAAGTAAACT                                                GATAATAATG          660                                                         - CAGTAA                                                                                    666              

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 16 as follows:

    Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val Gly Val                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Phe Cys Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Val His Ser Val Pro Gly Ser                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu Ala Phe                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Val Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr Gly Arg                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ala Pro Gly Cys Ala Val Gln Gly Lys Ile Asn                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser                                                Val Ser Asp Thr Ser Gly Phe Asp                                                Val                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Val Ser Ile Pro Arg Glu Ala His                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Phe Ile Lys Thr Lys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Thr Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Leu Gln Ser Phe Gly Phe Asn Val Cys Ser Asp Gly Val Asp Lys Val                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - Val Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Glu Leu Glu Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys                                                   145                 150                                                             155                 160                                                    - Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp                                                Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Asp                                                Phe                                                       165                 170                 175                     - Lys Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asp Val Val Thr Leu                                                               180                                                               185                 190                    - Leu Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro Thr Ser Glu Asp Lys His Trp Phe Tyr Val                                                           195                 200                                                             205                          - Ala Ala Thr Arg His Arg Ser Lys Leu Ile Ile Met Gln                             210                 215                 220                         

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 20 to 26 kDa., preferably 24.3 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF3) includes nucleotides 1524-1877 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule codes for a second protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 17 as follows:

    ATGCCTTTTC AGCAACCTGC CAACTGGGCT AAGACCATAA CTCCATTAAC TATTGGTTTG                                                      60                                                                                 - GGCATTGGGT TGGTTCTGCA                                                      CTTCTTAAGG AAATCAAATC TGCCATATTC                                                AGGAGACAAT          120                                                         - ATTCACCAGT TCCCACACGG                                                      AGGGCATTAC AGGGACGGCA CGAAGAGTAT                                                AACCTATTGT          180                                                         - GGCCCTAGGC AGTCATTCCC                                                      AAGCTCAGGA ATATTCGGTC AGTCTGAAAA                                                TTTCGTACCT          240                                                         - CTAATATTGG TCGTGACTCT                                                      GGTCGCTTTT ATACATGCGT TATCTCTTTG                                                GAATTCTGGT          300                                                         - CCTAGTAGGA GTTGCAATTG                                                      CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCACAT GTAGACAGCA                                                GTAG                354        

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 18 as follows:

    Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Thr Ile Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - His Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Arg Gln                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Leu Ile Leu Val Val Thr Leu                                                Val Ala Phe Ile His Ala Leu Ser                                                Leu                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Trp Asn Ser Gly Pro Ser Arg Ser Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Thr Cys Arg Gln Gln                                                                 115                                                             

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 10 to 15 kDa., preferably 12.9 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF4) includes nucleotides 1798-2040 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule codes for a third protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 19 as follows:

    ATGCGTTATC TCTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCCTA GTAGGAGTTG CAATTGCCAT CCAAATCCTT                                                      60                                                                                 - GCACATGTAG ACAGCAGTAG                                                      TGGCAACCAT CAAGGCTGTT TCATAAGAGC                                                CACCGGGGAG          120                                                         - TCAATAGTAA TTGAGAATTG                                                      TGGGCCGAGC GAGGCCCTAG CTGCTACAGT                                                CAAAGAGGTG           180                                                        - TTGGGCGGTC TAAAGGCTTT                                                      AGGGGTTAGC CAAAAGGTTG ATGAAATTAA                                                TTACAGTTGT          240                                                         - TGA                                                                                       243              

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 20 as follows:

    Met Arg Tyr Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Val Ala Ile Ala                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His Gln Gly                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Val Ile Glu Asn Cys Gly                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ala Thr Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly Gly Leu                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Gln Lys Val Asp Glu Ile Asn Tyr Ser Cys                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80       

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP47-4 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 5 to 10 kDa., preferably 8.3 kDa.

Yet another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP47-4 ORF5) includes nucleotides 2050-2680 of SEQ. ID. No. 12. This DNA molecule codes for a partial RSP47-4 coat protein or polypeptide and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 21 as follows:

    ATGGCAAGTC AAGTTGGAAA ATTGCCTGGC GAATCAAATG AAGCATATGA GGCTAGACTC                                                      60                                                                                 - AAGGCTTTAG AGTTAGCAAG                                                      GGCCCAAAAA GCTCCAGAAG TCTCCAACCA                                                ACCTCCCACA          120                                                         - CTTGGAGGCA TTCTAGCCAA                                                      AAGGAAAAGA GTGATTGAGA ATGCACTCTC                                                AAAGACAGTG          180                                                         - GATATGCGTG AAGTCTTAAG                                                      GCATGAATCT GTTGTACTCT CCCCGAATGT                                                AATGGACGAG          240                                                         - GGAGCAATAG ACGAGCTGAT                                                      TCGTGCCTTT GGGGAGTCGG GCATAGCTGA                                                AAATGTGCAG          300                                                         - TTTGATCTTG CAATAGACAT                                                      TGCTCGCCAC TGTTCTGATG TGGGGAGCTC                                                TCAGAGGTCA          360                                                         - ACCCTTATTG GTAAAAGCCC                                                      CTTCTGTGAG TTAAATAGGT CTGAAATTGC                                                CGGAATAATA          420                                                         - AGGGAGGTGA CCACGCTGCG                                                      CACATTTTGC ATGTACTACG CAAAGATTGT                                                GTGGAACATC          480                                                         - CATTTGGAGA CGGGAATACC                                                      ACCAGCTAAT TGGGCCAAGA AAGGATTTAA                                                TGAGAATGAA          540                                                         - AAGTTTGCAG CCTTTGACTT                                                      CTTCCTTGGA GTCACAGATG AAAGCGCGCT                                                TGAGCCTAAG          600                                                         - GGTGGAGTCA AGAGAGCTCC                                                      AACAAAAGCA G                                                                                        631        

The polypeptide has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 22 as follows:

    Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Tyr                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys Ala Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Ala Pro                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Glu Val Ser Asn Gln Pro Pro Thr Leu Gly Gly Ile Leu Ala Lys Arg                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Lys Arg Val Ile Glu Asn Ala Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Val Leu Arg His Glu Ser Val Val Leu Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Gly Ala Ile Asp Glu Leu Ile                                                Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile                                                Ala                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Glu Asn Val Gln Phe Asp Val Ala Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His Cys Ser                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Asp Val Gly Ser Ser Gln Arg Ser Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser Pro Phe                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Cys Glu Leu Asn Arg Ser Glu Ile Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu Val Thr                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe Cys Met Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp Asn Ile                                                   145                 150                                                             155                 160                                                    - His Leu Glu Thr Gly Ile Pro                                                Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys Gly                                                Phe                                                       165                 170                 175                     - Asn Glu Asn Glu Lys Phe Ala Ala Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly Val Thr                                                               180                                                               185                 190                    - Asp Glu Ser Ala Leu Glu Pro Lys Gly Gly Val Lys Arg Ala Pro Thr                                                           195                 200                                                             205                          - Lys Ala                                                                         210                                                                 

The DNA molecule which constitutes a substantial portion of the RSPaV strain RSP158 genome comprises the nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 23 as follows:

    GAAGCTAGCA CATTTCTGTT CAACACTATG GCTAACATGT TGTTCACTTT TCTGAGATAT                                                      60                                                                                  - GAACTGACGG GTTCAGAGTC                                                      AATAGCATTT GCAGGGGATG ATATGTGTG                                                C TAATAGAAGG          120                                                        - TTGCGGCTTA AAACGGAGCA                                                      TGAGGGTTTT CTGAACATGA TCTGCCTTA                                                A GGCCAAGGTT          180                                                        - CAGTTTGTTT CCAACCCCAC                                                      ATTCTGTGGA TGGTGCTTAT TTAAGGAGG                                                G AATCTTCAAG          240                                                        - AAACCTCAAC TAATTTGGGA                                                      GCGAATATGC ATAGCCAGAG AGATGGGCA                                                A TCTGGAGAAC          300                                                        - TGTATTGACA ATTATGCGAT                                                      AGAAGTGTCC TATGCATATA GATTGGGTG                                                A GCTATCAATT          360                                                        - GAAATGATGA CAGAAGAAGA                                                      AGTGGAGGCA CACTACAATT GTGTGAGGT                                                T CCTGGTTAGG          420                                                        - AACAAGCATA AGATGAGGTG                                                      CTCAATTTCA GGCCTGTTTG AAGTGGTTG                                                A TTAGGCCTTA          480                                                        - AGTATTTGGC GTTGTTCGAG                                                      TTATTATGAA TAATTTAGTT AAAGCATTA                                                T CAGCCTTCGA          540                                                        - GTTTATAGGT GTTTTCAATG                                                      TGCTCAAATT TCCAGTTGTT ATACATAGT                                                G TGCCTGGTAG          600                                                        - TGGTAAGAGT AGCTTAATAA                                                      GGGAATTAAT CTCAGAGGAC GAGAGTTTC                                                G TGCCTTTCAC          660                                                        - AGCAGGTGTT CCAGACAGTC                                                      CTAACCTCAC AGGGAGGTAC ATCAAGCCT                                                T ACTCACCAGG          720                                                        - ATGCGCAGTG CAAGGAAAAG                                                      TGAATATACT TGATGAGTAC TTGTCCGTT                                                C AAGACATTTC          780                                                        - GGGTTTTGAT GTACTGTTTT                                                      CAGACCCGTA CCAGAATATC AGTATTCCC                                                C AAGAGGCGCA          840                                                        - TTTCATTAAG TCCAAGACTT                                                      GTAGGTTTGG TGTGAACACT TGCAAATAC                                                C TTTCCTCTTT          900                                                        - CGGTTTCGAA GTTAGCAGCG                                                      ACGGGCTGGA CGACGTCATT GTGGGATCG                                                C CCTTCACTCT          960                                                        - AGATGTTGAA GGGGTGCTGA                                                      TATGTTTTGG CAAGGAGGCG GTAGATCTC                                                G CTGTTGCGCA      1020                                                           - CAACTCTGAA TTCAAGTTGC                                                      CGTGTGAGGT TCGAGGTTCA ACCTTCAAT                                                G TGGTAACCCT      1080                                                           - TTTGAAATCA AGAGACCCAA                                                      CCCCAGAGGA CAGGCACTGG TTTTACATC                                                G CTGCCACAAG      1140                                                           - ACATAGGAAG AAATTGGTCA                                                      TTATGCAGTA AAATGCCTTT TCAGCAGCC                                                T GCTAATTGGG      1200                                                           - CAAAAACCAT AACTCCATTG                                                      ACTATTGGCT TAGGAATTGG ACTTGTGCT                                                G CATTTTCTGA      1260                                                           - GAAAGTCAAA TCTACCATAT                                                      TCAGGAGACA ACATCCATCA ATTTCCTCA                                                C GGGGGGCGTT      1320                                                           - ACCGGGACGG CACAAAAAGT                                                      ATAACTTACT GTGGCCCTAA GCAGTCCTT                                                C CCCAGTTCAG      1380                                                           - GAATATTTGG TCAGTCTGAG                                                      AATTTTGTGC CCTTAATGCT TGTCATAGG                                                T CTAATTGCAT      1440                                                           - TCATACATGT ATTGTCTGTT                                                      TGGAATTCTG GTCTTGGTAG GAATTGCAA                                                T TGCCATCCAA      1500                                                           - ATCCTTGCTC ATGTAGACAA                                                      CAGTAGTGGC AGTCACCAAG GTTGCTTTA                                                T CAGGGCCACT      1560                                                           - GGAGAGTCTA TTTTGATTGA                                                      AAATTGTGGC CCAAGCGAGG CCCTTGCAT                                                C AACAGTGAGG      1620                                                           - GAGGTGTTGG GGGGTTTGAA                                                      GGCTTTAGGA ATTAGCCATA CTACTGAAG                                                A AATTGATTAT      1680                                                           - CGTTGTTAAA TTGGTTAAAT                                                      GGCGAGTCAA GTTGGTAAGC TCCCCGGAG                                                A ATCAAATGAG      1740                                                           - GCATTTGAAG CCCGGCTGAA                                                      ATCACTGGAG TTGGCTAGAG CTCAAAAGC                                                A GCCAGAAGGT      1800                                                           - TCAAACACAC CGCCTACTCT                                                      CAGTGGTGTG CTTGCCAAAC GTAAGAGGG                                                T TATTGAGAAT      1860                                                           - GCACTCTCAA AGACAGTGGA                                                      CATGAGGGAG GTGTTGAAAC ACGAAACGG                                                T TGTAATTTCC      1920                                                           - CCAAATGTCA TGGATGAGGG                                                      TGCAATAGAT GAACTGATTC GTGCATTCG                                                G AGAATCAGGC      1980                                                           - ATAGCTGAGA GCGCACAATT                                                      TGATGTGGC                                                                                        2009         

The RSP158 strain contains five open reading frames (i.e., ORF1-5). ORF1 and ORF5 are only partially sequenced. The nucleotide sequence of RSP158 is 87.6% identical to the corresponding region of RSPaV-1 (type strain). The numbers of amino acid residues of corresponding ORFs of RSP158 and RSPaV-1 (type strain) are exactly the same. In addition, the amino acid sequences of these ORFs have high identities to those of RSPaV-1: 99.3% for ORF1, 95% for ORF2, 99.1% for ORF3, 88.8% for ORF4, and 95.1% for ORF5. The nucleotide and amino acid sequence information of the RSP158 ORFs are described below.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 incomplete ORF 1) includes nucleotides 1-447 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule is believed to code for a polypeptide portion of a RSP158 replicase and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 24 as follows:

    GAAGCTAGCA CATTTCTGTT CAACACTATG GCTAACATGT TGTTCACTTT TCTGAGATAT                                                      60                                                                                 - GAACTGACGG GTTCAGAGTC                                                      AATAGCATTT GCAGGGGATG ATATGTGTGC                                                TAATAGAAGG           120                                                        - TTGCGGCTTA AAACGGAGCA                                                      TGAGGGTTTT CTGAACATGA TCTGCCTTAA                                                GGCCAAGGTT           180                                                        - CAGTTTGTTT CCAACCCCAC                                                      ATTCTGTGGA TGGTGCTTAT TTAAGGAGGG                                                AATCTTCAAG           240                                                        - AAACCTCAAC TAATTTGGGA                                                      GCGAATATGC ATAGCCAGAG AGATGGGCAA                                                TCTGGAGAAC           300                                                        - TGTATTGACA ATTATGCGAT                                                      AGAAGTGTCC TATGCATATA GATTGGGTGA                                                GCTATCAATT           360                                                        - GAAATCATCA CAGAAGAAGA                                                      AGTGGAGGCA CACTACAATT GTGTGAGGTT                                                CCTGGTTAGG           420                                                        - AACAAGCATA AGATGAGGTG                                                      CTCAATT                                                                                              447       

The polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. No. 24 has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 25 as follows:

    Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu Phe Thr                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe Ala Gly                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu His Glu                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Gly Phe Leu Asn Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe Val Ser                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly Ile Phe Lys                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu                                                Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu Met                                                Gly                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Asn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser Tyr Ala                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ser Ile Glu Met Met Thr Glu Glu Glu Val                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Glu Ala His Tyr Asn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg Asn Lys His Lys                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - Met Arg Cys Ser Ile                                                         145                                                                     

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF2) includes nucleotides 506-1171 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for a first protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 26 as follows:

    ATGAATAATT TAGTTAAAGC ATTATCAGCC TTCGAGTTTA TAGGTGTTTT CAATGTGCTC                                                      60                                                                                 - AAATTTCCAG TTGTTATACA                                                      TAGTGTGCCT GGTAGTGGTA AGAGTAGCTT                                                AATAAGGGAA          120                                                         - TTAATCTCAG AGGACGAGAG                                                      TTTCGTGGCT TTCACAGCAG GTGTTCCAGA                                                CAGTCCTAAC          180                                                         - CTCACAGGGA GGTACATCAA                                                      GCCTTACTCA CCAGCATGCG CAGTGCAACC                                                AAAAGTCAAT          240                                                         - ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC                                                      CGTTCAAGAC ATTTCGGGTT TTGATGTACT                                                GTTTTCAGAC          300                                                         - CCGTACCAGA ATATCAGTAT                                                      TCCCCAAGAG GCGCATTTCA TTAAGTCCAA                                                GACTTGTAGG          360                                                         - TTTGGTGTGA ACACTTGCAA                                                      ATACCTTTCC TCTTTCGGTT TCGAAGTTAG                                                CAGCGACGGG          420                                                         - CTGGACGACG TCATTGTGGG                                                      ATCGCCCTTC ACTCTAGATG TTGAAGGGGT                                                GCTGATATGT          480                                                         - TTTGGCAAGG AGCCGGTACA                                                      TCTCCCTGTT CCGCACAACT CTGAATTCAA                                                GTTCCCGTGT          540                                                         - GAGGTTCGAG GTTCAACCTT                                                      CAATGTGGTA ACCCTTTTGA AATCAAGAGA                                                CCCAACCCCA          600                                                         - GAGGACAGGC ACTGGTTTTA                                                      CATCGCTGCC ACAAGACATA GGAAGAAATT                                                GGTCATTATG          660                                                         - CAGTAA                                                                                    666              

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 27 as follows:

    Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Ile Gly Val                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Phe Asn Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val Val Ile His Ser Val Pro Gly Ser                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu Ser Phe                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Val Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr Gly Arg                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser Pro Gly Cys Ala Val Gln Gly Lys Val Asn                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser                                                Val Gln Asp Ile Ser Gly Phe Asp                                                Val                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Ile Pro Gln Glu Ala His                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Phe Ile Lys Ser Lys Thr Cys Arg Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Cys Lys Tyr                                                           115                 120                                                             125                          - Leu Ser Ser Phe Gly Phe Glu Val Ser Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp Asp Val                                                       130                 135                                                             140                              - Ile Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Thr Leu Asp Val Glu Gly Val Leu Ile Cys                                                   145                 150                                                             155                 160                                                    - Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp                                                Leu Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser Glu                                                Phe                                                       165                 170                 175                     - Lys Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg Gly Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val Thr Leu                                                               180                                                               185                 190                    - Leu Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro Thr Pro Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe Tyr Ile                                                           195                 200                                                             205                          - Ala Ala Thr Arg His Arg Lys Lys Leu Val Ile Met Gln                             210                 215                 220                         

The first protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 20 to 26 kDa., preferably 24.4 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF3) includes nucleotides 1173-1526 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for a second protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 28 as follows:

    ATGCCTTTTC AGCAGCCTGC TAATTGGGCA AAAACCATAA CTCCATTGAC TATTGGCTTA                                                      60                                                                                 - GGAATTGGAC TTGTGCTGCA                                                      TTTTCTGAGA AAGTCAAATC TACCATATTC                                                AGGAGACAAC          120                                                         - ATCCATCAAT TTCCTCACGG                                                      GGGGCGTTAC CGGGACGGCA CAAAAAGTAT                                                AACTTACTGT          180                                                         - GGCCCTAAGC AGTCCTTCCC                                                      CAGTTCAGGA ATATTTGGTC AGTCTGAGAA                                                TTTTGTGCCC          240                                                         - TTAATGCTTG TCATAGGTCT                                                      AATTGCATTC ATACATGTAT TGTCTGTTTG                                                GAATTCTGGT          300                                                         - CTTGGTAGGA ATTGCAATTG                                                      CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCTCAT GTAGACAACA                                                GTAG                354        

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 29 as follows:

    Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr Pro Leu                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Thr Ile Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg Lys Ser                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn Ile His Gln Phe Pro His Gly Gly                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Arg Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Lys Gln Ser                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val Pro Leu                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Met Leu Val Ile Gly Leu Ile                                                Ala Phe Ile His Val Leu Ser Val                                                Trp                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Asn Ser Gly Leu Gly Arg Asn Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro Cys Ser                                                               100                                                               105                 110                    - Cys Arg Gln Gln                                                                     115                                                             

The second protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 10 to 15 kDa., preferably 12.9 kDa.

Another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF4) includes nucleotides 1447-1689 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for a third protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 30 as follows:

    ATGTATTGTC TGTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCTTG GTAGGAATTG CAATTGCCAT CCAAATCCTT                                                      60                                                                                 - GCTCATGTAG ACAACAGTAG                                                      TGGCAGTCAC CAAGGTTGCT TTATCAGGGC                                                CACTGGAGAG          120                                                         - TCTATTTTGA TTGAAAATTG                                                      TGGCCCAAGC GAGGCCCTTG CATCAACAGT                                                GAGGGAGGTG          180                                                         - TTGGGGGGTT TGAAGGCTTT                                                      AGGAATTAGC CATACTACTG AAGAAATTGA                                                TTATCGTTGT          240                                                         - TAA                                                                                       243              

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 31 as follows:

    Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu Val Leu Val Gly Ile Ala Ile Ala                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp Asn Ser Ser Gly Ser His Gln Gly                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn Cys Gly                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ser Thr Val Arg Glu Val Leu Gly Gly Leu                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Lys Ala Leu Gly Ile Ser His Thr Thr Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr Arg Cys                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80       

The third protein or polypeptide of the RSP158 triple gene block has a molecular weight of about 5 to 10 kDa., preferably 8.4 kDa.

Yet another DNA molecule of the present invention (RSP158 ORF5) includes nucleotides 1699-2009 of SEQ. ID. No. 23. This DNA molecule codes for a partial RSP158 coat protein or polypeptide and comprises a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 32 as follows:

    ATGGCGAGTC AAGTTGGTAA GCTCCCCGGA GAATCAAATG AGGCATTTGA AGCCCGGCTG                                                      60                                        - AAATCACTGG AGTTGGCTAG AGCTCAAAAG CAGCCAGAAG GTTCAAACAC ACCGCCTACT                                                      120                                  - CTCAGTGGTG TGCTTGCCAA ACGTAAGAGG GTTATTGAGA ATGCACTCTC AAAGACAGTG                                                      180                                  - GACATGAGGG AGGTGTTGAA ACACGAAACG GTTGTAATTT CCCCAAATGT CATGGATGAG                                                      240                                  - GGTGCAATAG ATGAACTGAT TCGTGCATTC GGAGAATCAG GCATAGCTGA GAGCGCACAA                                                      300                                  - TTTGATGTGG C                                                                                                           311                          

The polypeptide has a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 33 as follows:

    Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu Ala Phe                  1               5                   10                  15                      - Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys Ser Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys Gln Pro                                                               20                                                                25                  30                     - Glu Gly Ser Asn Thr Pro Pro Thr Leu Ser Gly Val Leu Ala Lys Arg                                                           35                  40                                                              45                           - Lys Arg Val Ile Glu Asn Ala Leu Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met Arg Glu                                                       50                  55                                                              60                               - Val Leu Lys His Glu Thr Val Val Ile Ser Pro Asn Val Met Asp Glu                                                   65                  70                                                              75                  80                                                     - Gly Ala Ile Asp Glu Leu Ile                                                Arg Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly Ile                                                Ala                                                       85                  90                  95                      - Glu Ser Ala Gln Phe Asp Val                                                             100                                                         

The following seven cDNA clones are located at the central part of the ORF1 of RSPaV-1 and all have high identities (83.6-98.4%) in nucleotide sequence with the comparable regions of RSPaV-1. When their nucleotide sequences are aligned with MegAlign (DNAStar), a highly conserved region of ca. 600 nucleotides was found. The universal primers BM98-3F/BM98-3R (SEQ. ID. Nos. 51 and 52, infra) were designed based on the conserved nucleotide sequences of this region.

Portions of the genome from yet other strains of Rupestris stem pitting associated viruses have also been isolated and sequenced. These include strains designated 140/94-19 (T7+R1), 140/94-24 (T7+R1), 140/94-2 (T3+F1), 140/94+42 (T7+R1), 140/94-64 (T7+R1), 140-94-72 (T7+R1), and 140/94-6 (T3+BM98-3F+F2).

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-19 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No. 34 as follows:

    GCAGGATTGA AGGCTGGCCA CTGTGTGATT TTTGATGAGG TCCAGTTGTT TCCTCCTGGA                                                      60                                        - TACATCGATC TATGCTTGCT TATTATACGT AGTGATGCTT TCATTTCACT TGCCGGTGAT                                                        120                                - CCATGTCAAA GCACATATGA TTCGCAAAAG GATCGGGCAA TTTTGGGCGC TGAGCAGAGT                                                        180                                - GACATACTTA GAATGCTTGA GGGCAAAACG TATAGGTATA ACATAGAAAG CAGGAGGTTT                                                        240                                - GTGAACCCAA TCTTCGAATC AAGACTGCCA TGTCACTTCA AAAAGGGTTC GATGACTGCC                                                        300                                - GCTTTCGCTG ATTATGCAAT CTTCCATAAT ATGCATGACT TTCTCCTGGC GAGGTCAAAA                                                        360                                - GGTCCTTTGG ATGCCGTTTT GGTTTCCAGT TTTGAGGAGA AAAAGATAGT CCAGTCCTAC                                                        420                                - TTTGGAATGA AACAGCTCAC ACTCACATTT GGTGAATCAA CTGGGTTGAA TTTCAAAAAT                                                        480                                - GGGGGAATTC TCATATCACA TGATTCCTTT CACACAGATG ATCGGCCGGT GGCTTACTGC                                                        540                                - TTTATCTCGC TTCAGCCACA ATTTGGATTT GGTGAACATT ACAGGTCTGA GGGTGGAAAG                                                        600                                - TTTCCTCTCG CACTTTGCTG GCAAACCCCT CTACCATTTT TTAACAGCCA AAAGTGGGGA                                                        660                                - GAATGTCATA CGAGATTTGC TCCCAGGTGA GCCTAACTTC TTCAGTGGCT TTAACGTTAG                                                        720                                - CATTGGAAAG AATGAAGGTG TTAGGGAGGA GAAGTTATGT GGTGACCCAT GGTTAAAAGT                                                        780                                - CATGCTTTTC CTGGGTCAAG ATGAGGATTG TGAAGTTGAA GAGATGGAGT CAGAGTGCTC                                                        840                                - AAATGAAGAA TGGTTTAAAA CCCACATTCC CCTGAGTAAT CTGGAGTCAA CCAGGGCTAG                                                        900                                - GTGGGTGGGT AAAATGGCTT TGAAAGAGTA TCGCGAGGTG CGTTGTGGTT ATGAAATGAC                                                        960                                - TCAACAATTC TTTGATGAGC ATAGGGGTGG AACTGGTGAG CAACTGAGCA ATGCATGTGA                                                        1020                               - GAGGTTTGAA AGCATTTACC CAAGGCATAA AGGAAATGAT TCAATAACCT TCCTTATGGC                                                        1080                               - TGTCCGAAAG CGTCTCAAAT TTTCGAAGCC CCAGGTTGAA GCTGCCAAAC TGAGGCGGGC                                                        1140                               - CAAACCATAT GGGAAATTCT TATTAGACTT TCCTATCCAA AATCCCATTG AAAGCCAGTC                                                        1200                               - ATAATT                                                                                                                   1206                       

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-24 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No. 35 as follows:

    ATTAACCCAA ATGGTAAGAT TTCCGCCTTG TTTGATATAA CCAATGAGCA CATAAGGCAT                                                      60                                                                                  - GTTGAGAAGA TCGGCAATGG                                                      CCCTCAGAGC ATAAAAGTAG ATGAGTTGA                                                G GAAGGTTAAG          120                                                        - CGATCCGCCC TTGATCTTCT                                                      TTCAATGAAT GGGTCCAAAA TAACCTATT                                                T TCCAAACTTT          180                                                        - GAGCGGGCTG AAAAGTTGCA                                                      AGGGTGCTTG CTAGGGGGCC TAACTGGTG                                                T CATAAGTGAT          240                                                        - GAAAAGTTCA GTGATGCAAA                                                      ACCCTGGCTT TCTGGTATAT CAACTGCGG                                                A TATAAAGCCA       300                                                           - AGAGAGCTAA CTGTCGTGCT                                                      TGGCACTTTT GGGGCTGGAA AGAGTTTCT                                                T GTATAAGAGT       360                                                           - TTCATGAAGA GATCTGAGGG                                                      AAAATTTGTA ACTTTTGTTT CCCCTAGAC                                                G AGCCTTGGCA       420                                                           - AATTCAATCA AAAATGATCT                                                      TGAAATGGAT GATGGCTGCA AAGTTGCCA                                                A AGCAGGCAAA       480                                                           - TCAAAGAAGG AAGGGTGGGA                                                      TGTAGTGACC TTTGAAGTTT TCCTTAGAA                                                A AGTTTCTGGT       540                                                           - TTGAAAGCTG GTCATTGTGT                                                      GATTTTTGAT GAGGTTCAGT TGTTTCCCC                                                C TGGATACATC       600                                                           - GATCTGTGTT TACTTGTCAT                                                      ACGAAGTGAT GCTTTCATTT CACTTGCTG                                                G TGATCCATGC       660                                                           - CAGAGCACAT ATGATTCACA                                                      GAAGGATCGA GCAATTTTGG GAGCTGAGC                                                A GAGTGACATA       720                                                           - CTCAGACTGC TTGAAGGAAA                                                      GACATATAGG TACAACATAG AAAGCAGAC                                                G TTTTGTGAAC       780                                                           - CCAATGTTTG AATCTAGACT                                                      ACCATGTCAC TTCAAAAAGG GTTCAATGA                                                C TGCAGCCTTT       840                                                           - GCTGATTATG CAATCTTCCA                                                      CAATATGCAT GACTTCCTCC TGGCGAGGT                                                C AAAAGGCCCC       900                                                           - TTGGATGCTG TTCTAGTTTC                                                      CAGTTTTGAG GAGAAGAAAA TAGTCCAAT                                                C CTACTTTGGG       960                                                           - ATGAAGCAAC TCACTCTCAC                                                      ATTTGGTGAA TCAACTGGGT TGAACTTCA                                                A AAATGGAGGA       1020                                                          - ATTCTCATAT CACATGACTC                                                      CTTTCATACT GACGATCGAC GGTGGCTTA                                                C TGCTTTATCT       1080                                                          - CGATTCAGCC ATAATTTGGA                                                      TTTGGTGAAC ATCACAGGTC TTGAGGGTG                                                G AAAGTTTTCT       1140                                                          - CTCACATTTT GCTGGTAAAC                                                      CCCTTTACCA CTTTTTGACG GCTTAAAAG                                                T GGAGAGAATG       1200                                                          - TCATACGAGA CCTGCTTCAG                                                      GTGAGCCTAA CTTCTTTTAG GGGTTCAAT                                                G TCAGCATTGG       1260                                                          - AAAAAAATGG AAGGGGTTAG AGAA                                                               1284             

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-2 (T3+F1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No. 36 as follows:

    CATTTTTAAA ATTTAATCCA GTCGACTCAC CAAATGTGAG CGTAAGCTGT TTCATCCCAA                                                      60                                                                                  - AGTAGGACTG GACTATTTTC                                                      TTCTCCTCAA AACTAGAAAC CAGAATGGC                                                A TCCAAAGGAC          120                                                        - CTTTTGACCT TGCCAGGAGG                                                      AAATCATGCA TATTGTGGAA AATGGCATA                                                A TCAGCAAAGG          180                                                        - CAGCAGTCAT TGTACCCTTT                                                      TTGAAGTGAC ATGGCAGTCG AGATTCAAA                                                C ATTGGGTTCA          240                                                        - CAAATCTTCT GCTTTCTATG                                                      TTGTACCTAT ACGTCTTGCC TTCAAGTAT                                                T TTGAGTATGT          300                                                        - CACTCTGCTC AGCGCCCAAA                                                      ATCGCCCGAT CTTTTTGTGA GTCATATGT                                                G CTCTGACATG          360                                                        - GGTCACCAGC AAGTGAAATG                                                      AAAGCATCAC TACGTATAAT AAGCAAACA                                                T AGATCGATGT          420                                                        - ATCCAGGGGG AAACAACTGG                                                      ACCTCATCGA AAATTACACA GTGACCAGC                                                T TTTAGACCTG          480                                                        - CAACTTTTCT AAGGAAGACT                                                      TCAAAAGTCA CAACATCCCA TCCTTCCTT                                                C TTTGACCTGC          540                                                        - CTGCTTTGGC AACTTTGCAG                                                      CTATCATCCA TTTCAAGATC ATTTTTGAT                                                T GAATTCGCTA          600                                                        - GAGCCCGTCT GGGGGAAACA                                                      AAAGTTACGA ATTTACCCTC AGATCTTTT                                                C ATAAAGCTCT          660                                                        - TGTACAAAAA GCTTTTTCCG                                                      GCTCCAAATG TGCCAAGCAC AACAGTTAG                                                C TCCCTCGGCT          720                                                        - TAATGTCAGT AGTTGATATA                                                      CCAGAAAGCC AGGGCTTTGC ATCACTGAA                                                C TTCTCATCAC          780                                                        - TTATGACACC AGTTAGGCCT                                                      CCTAGCAGAC ACCCTTGCAA CTTTTCAGC                                                C CGCTCAAAAC          840                                                        - TTGGGAAGTA GGTTACCTTG                                                      GACCCATTAA TTGAAAGAAG ATCAAGGGC                                                G GATCGCTTGA          900                                                        - CCTTTCGCAA TTCATCTACT                                                      TTAATGCTCT GAGGGCCATT ACCTATCTT                                                T TCAACATGCC          960                                                        - TTATGTGCTC ATTAGTTATG                                                      TCAAACAGAG CGGAAAACTT GCCATGTGG                                                A TTAATCACCT         1020                                                        - CAATTTCCCC ATTTATGTCA                                                      CACTTAGCGC AAATGTCAAA AGCCTCAAA                                                G GCTTCAGCTA         1080                                                        - AGTTACATCA TGTTGAGCCT                                                      CCCCCTTGGC AAAGCTCCTC AAAAATGTG                                                G TTAGTGCTAG         1140                                                        - GCCTGCACAA TAATTAACAC                                                      ATCAACTTCA CCCTGCCAAT GCTGAACAA                                                T ACTGTTATCA         1200                                                        - TGCAACCATC CATGGGGCAC                                                      ATGGTTGGAA TTGATTGATT TAAGGCAAA                                                A ATCCCCACAG         1260                                                        - GGGGCATCCC CTTCCCCAAT                                                      TTCCACTGAT TCATACTCTG GCGTTATCA                                                T ATCAACCCAA         1320                                                        - TGTGTCAAAT ACAAATAATG                                                      CAATCTCTCA TCTCCGATAA CATTTCCCC                                                C ATTTTTTAAA         1380                                                        - AATGGTGGGG TGAAAATTGG AA                                                                   1402           

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-42 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No. 37 as follows:

    GTGGTTTTTG CAACAACAGG CCCAGGTCTA TCTAAGGTTT TGGAAATGCC TCGAAGCAAG                                                      60                                                                                  - AAGCAATCTA TTCTGGTTCT                                                      TGAGGGAGCC CTATCCATAG AAACGGACT                                                A TGGCCCAAAA           120                                                       - GTTCTGGGAT CTTTTGAAGT                                                      TTTCAAAGGG GATTTCAACA TTAAAAAAA                                                T GGAAGAAAGT           180                                                       - TCCATCTTTG TAATAACATA                                                      CAAGGCCCCA GTTAGATCTA CTGGCAAGT                                                T GAGGGTCCAC           240                                                       - CAATCAGAAT GCTCATTTTC                                                      TGGATCCAAG GAGGTATTGC TGGGTTGTC                                                A GATTGAGGCA           300                                                       - TGTGCTGATT ATGATATTGA                                                      TGATTTCAAT ACTTTCTTTG TACCTGGTG                                                A TGGTAATTGC           360                                                       - TTTTGGCATT CAGTTGGTTT                                                      CTTACTCAGT ACTGACGGAC TTGCTTTGA                                                A GGCCGGCATT           420                                                       - CGTTCTTTCG TGGAGAGTGA                                                      ACGCCTGGTG AGTCCAGATC TTTCAGCCC                                                C AACCATTTCT           480                                                       - AAACAACTGG GGGAAAATGC                                                      TTATGCCGAG AATGAGATGA TTGCATTAT                                                T TTGTATTCGA           540                                                       - CACCATGTGA GGCTGATAGT                                                      GATTACGCCA GAGTATGAAG TCAGTTGGA                                                A ATTTGGGGAA           600                                                       - GGTGAATGGC CCCTGTGCGG                                                      AATTCTTTGC CTTAAATCAA ATCACTTCC                                                A ACCATGTGCC           660                                                       - CCATTGAATG GTTGCATGAT                                                      TACAGCTATT GCTTCAGCAC TTGGTAGGC                                                G TGAAGTTGAT           720                                                       - GTGCTTAATT ATCTGTGCAG                                                      GCCTAGCACT AACCACATTT TTGAGGAGC                                                T TTGCCAAGGG           780                                                       - GGAGGCCTCA ACATGATGTA                                                      CTTAGCTGAA GCCTTTGAGG CTTTTGACA                                                T TTGCGCTAAG           840                                                       - TGTGACATAA ATGGGGAAAT                                                      TGAGGTGATT AATCCACATG GCAAGTTTT                                                C CGCTCTGTTT           900                                                       - GACATAACTA ATGAGCACAT                                                      AAGGCATGTT GAAAAGATAG GTAATGGCC                                                C TCAGAGCATT           960                                                       - AAAGTAGATG AATTGCGAAA                                                      GGTCAAGCGA TCTGCCCTTG ATCTTCTTT                                                C AATTAATGGG          1020                                                       - TCCAAGGTAA CCTACTTCCC                                                      AAGTTTTGAG CGGGCTGAAA AGTTGCAAG                                                G GTGTCTGCTA          1080                                                       - GGAGGCCTAA CTGGTGTCAT                                                      AAGTGATGAG AAAGTCAGTG ATGCAAAGC                                                C CTGCTTTTTG          1140                                                       - GTATATCAAC TACTGACATT                                                      AAGCCGAGGG AGCTAACTGT TGTGCTTTG                                                G CACATTTGGA          1200                                                       - GCCCGGAAAA AGCCTTTTGT                                                      ACCAAGAGCT TTATTG                                                                                    1236     

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-6 (T3 +BM98-3F +F2) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No. 38 as follows:

    GTCTAACTGG CGTTATAAGT GATGAGAAAT TCAGTGATGC AAAACCTTGG CTTTCTGGTA                                                      60                                        - TATCTACTAC AGATATTAAG CCAAGGGAAT TAACTGTTGT GCTTGGTACA TTTGGGGCTG                                                       120                                 - GGAAGAGTTT CTTGTACAAG AGTTTCATGA AAAGGTCTGA GGGTAAATTC GTAACCTTTG                                                       180                                 - TTTCTCCCAG ACGTGCTTTA GCAAATTCAA TCAAAAATGA TCTTGAAATG GATGATAGCT                                                       240                                 - GCAAAGTTGC CAAAGCAGGT AGGTCAAAGA AGGAAGGGTG GGATGTAGTA ACTTTTGAGG                                                       300                                 - TCTTCCTCAG AAAAGTTGCA GGATTGAAGG CTGGCCACTG TGTGATTTTT GATGAGGTCC                                                       360                                 - AGTTGTTTCC TCCTGGATAC ATCGATCTAT GCTTGCTTAT TATACGTAGT GATGCTTTCA                                                       420                                 - TTTCACTTGC CGGTGATCCA TGTCAAAGCA CATATGATTC GCAAAAGGAT CGGGCAATTT                                                       480                                 - TGGGCGCTGA GCAGAGTGAC ATACTTAGAA TGCTTGAGGG CAAAACGTAT AGGTATAACA                                                       540                                 - TAGAAAGCAG GAGGTTTGTG AACCCAATGT TCGAATCAAG ACTGCCATGT CACTTCAAAA                                                       600                                 - AGGGTTCGAT GACTGCCGCT TTCGCTGATT ATGCAATCTT CCATAATATG CATGACTTTC                                                       660                                 - TCCTGGCGAG GTCAAAAGGT CCTTTGGATG CCGTTTTGGT TTCCAGTTTT GAGGAGAAAA                                                       720                                 - AGATAGTCCA GTCCTACTTT GGAATGAAAC AGCTCACACT CACATTTGGT GAATCAACTG                                                       780                                 - GGTTGAATTT CAAAAATGGG GGAATTCTCA TATCACATGA TTCCTTTCAC ACAGATGATC                                                       840                                 - GGCGGTGGCT TACTGCTTTA TCTCGCTTCA GCCACAATTT GGATTTGGTG AACATTACAG                                                       900                                 - GTCTGAGGTG GAAAGTTTCC TCTCGCACTT TGCTGGCAAA CCCCTCTACC ATTTTTTAAC                                                       960                                 - AGCCAAAAGT GGGGAGAATG TCATACGAGA TTTGCTCCCA GGTGAGCCTA ACTTCTTCAG                                                      1020                                 - TGGCTTTAAC GTTAGCATTG GAAAGAATGA AGGTGTTAGG GAGGAGAAGT TATGTGGTGA                                                      1080                                 - CCCATGGTTA AAAGTCATGC TTTTCCTGGG TCAAGATGAG GATTGTGAAG TTGAAGAGAT                                                      1140                                 - GGAGTCAGAG TGCTCAAATG AAGAATGGTT TAAAACCCAC ATTCCCCTGA GTAATCTGGA                                                      1200                                 - GTCAACCAGG GCTAGGTGGG TGGGTAAAAT GGCCTTGAAA GAGTATCGGG AGGTGCGTTG                                                         1260                              - TGGTTATGAA ATGACTCAAC AATTCTTTGA TGACAT                                                                                   1296                      

The nucleotide sequence of 140/94-64 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No. 39 as follows:

    ATGTTCACCA AATCCAAATT ATGGCTGAAG CGAGATAAAG CAGTAAGCCA CCGCCGATCA                                                      60                                                                                  - TCTGTGTGAA AGGAATCATG                                                      TGATATGAGA ATTCCCCCAT TTTTGAAAT                                                T CAACCCAGTT          120                                                        - GATTCACCAA ATGTGAGTGT                                                      GAGCTGTTTC ATTCCAAAGT AGGACTGGA                                                C TATCTTTTTC          180                                                        - TCCTCAAAAC TGGAAACCAA                                                      AACGGCATCC AAAGGACCTT TTGACCTCG                                                C CAGGAGAAAG          240                                                        - TCATGCATAT TATGGAAGAT                                                      TGCATAATCA GCGAAAGCGG CAGTCATTG                                                A GCCCTTTTTG          300                                                        - AATTGACATG GCAGTCTTGA                                                      TTCGAACATT GGATTCACAA ACCTCCTGC                                                T TTCAATGTTA          360                                                        - TACCTATACG TCTTGCCCTC                                                      AAGCAGTCTA AGTATGTCAC TCTGCTCAG                                                C GCCCAAAATT          420                                                        - GCCCGATCCT TTTGCGAATC                                                      ATATGTGCTT TGACATGGAT CACCGGCAA                                                G TGAAATGAAA          480                                                        - GCATCACTAC GTATAATAAG                                                      CAAGCATAGA TCGATGTATC CAGGAGGAA                                                A CAACTGGACC          540                                                        - TCATCGAAAA TCACACAGTG                                                      GCCAGCCTTC AATCCTGCAA CTTTTCTGA                                                G GAAAACCTCA          600                                                        - AAAGTTACTA CATCCCACCC                                                      TTCCTTCTTT GACCTACCTG CTTTAGCAA                                                C TTTGCAGCTA          660                                                        - TCATCCATTT CAAGATCATT                                                      TTTGATTGAA TTTGCTAAAG CACGTCTGG                                                G AGAAACAAAG          720                                                        - GTTACGAATT TACCCTCAGA                                                      CCTTTTCATG AAACTCTTGT ACAAGAAAC                                                T CTTCCCAGCC          780                                                        - CCAAATGTAC CAAGCACGAC                                                      AGTCAACTCC CTTGGCTTAA TATCAGTAG                                                T AGATATACCA          840                                                        - GAAAGCCAAG GTTTTGCATC                                                      ACTGAACTTC TCATCACTTA TAACGCCAG                                                T TAGGCCCCCT          900                                                        - AGCAAAC                                                                                     907           

The nucleotide sequence of 140-94-72 (T7+R1) corresponds to SEQ. ID. No. 40 as follows:

    AGAATGCTTA TGCTGAGAAT GAGATGATTG CATTATTTTG CATCCGGCAC CATGTAAGGC                                                      60                                                                                  - TTATAGTAAT AACACCGGAA                                                      TATGAAGTTA GTTGGAAATT TGGGGAAAG                                                T GAGTGGCCCC          120                                                        - TATGTGGAAT TCTTTGCCTG                                                      AGGTCCAATC ACTTCCAACC ATGCGCCCC                                                G CTGAATGGTT          180                                                        - GCATGATCAC GGCTATTGCT                                                      TCAGCACTTG GGAGGCGTGA GGTTGATGT                                                G TTAAATTATC          240                                                        - TGTGTAGGCC TAGCACTAAT                                                      CACATCTTTG AGGAGCTGTG CCAGGGCGG                                                A GGGCTTAATA          300                                                        - TGATGTACTT GGCTGAAGCT                                                      TTTGAGGCCT TTGACATTTG TGCAAAGTG                                                C GACATAAATG          360                                                        - GGGAAATTGA GGTCATTAAC                                                      CCAAATGGCA AGATTTCCGC CTTGTTTGA                                                T ATAACTAATG          420                                                        - AGCACATAAG GCATGTTGAG                                                      AAGATCAGCA ATGGCCCTCA GAGCATAAA                                                A ATAGATGAGT          480                                                        - TGAGGAAGGT TAAGCGATCC                                                      CGCCTTGACC TTCTTTCAAT GAATGGGTC                                                C AAAATAACCT          540                                                        - ATTTTCCAAA CTTTGAGCGG                                                      GCTGAAAAGT TGCAAGGGTG CTTGCTAGA                                                G GGCCTGACTG          600                                                        - GTGTCATAAG TGATGAAAAG                                                      TTCAGTGATG CAAAACCTTG GCTTTCTGG                                                T ATATCAACTG          660                                                        - CGGATATTAA GCCAAGAGAG                                                      CTAACTGTCG TGCTTGGCAC ATTTGGTGC                                                T GGAAAGAGTT          720                                                        - TCTTGTATAA GAGTTTCATG                                                      AACAGATCTG AAGGAAAATT TGTAACTTT                                                T GTTTCCCCTA          780                                                        - GGCGAGCTTT GGCCAATTCG                                                      ATCAAGAATG ATCTTGAAAT GGATGATGG                                                C TGCAAAGTTG          840                                                        - CCAAAGCAGG CAAGTCAAAG                                                      AAGGAAGGGT GGGATGTGGT AACATTTGA                                                G GTTTTCCTTA          900                                                        - GAAAAGTTTC TGGTTTGAAG                                                      GCTGGTCATT GTGTGATTTT CGATGAGGT                                                T CAGTTGTTTC          960                                                        - CCCCTGGATA TATCGATCTA                                                      TGTTTACTTG TCATACGCAG TGATGCTTT                                                T ATTTCACTTG         1020                                                        - CCGGTGATCC ATGCCAGAGC                                                      ACATATGATT CACAAAAGGA TCGGGCAAT                                                T TTGGGAGCTG         1080                                                        - AGCAGAGTGA CATACTCAGA                                                      TTGCTTGAAG GAAAGACGTA TAGGTACAA                                                C ATAGAAAGCA         1140                                                        - GACGTTTTGT GAACCCAATG                                                      TTTGAATTTA GACTACCATG TCACTTCAA                                                A AAAGGGTTCA         1200                                                        - ATGACTGCTG CCTTTGCTGA                                                      TTATGCAATC TT                  

Also encompassed by the present invention are fragments of the DNA molecules of the present invention. Suitable fragments capable of imparting RSP resistance to grape plants are constructed by using appropriate restriction sites, revealed by inspection of the DNA molecule's sequence, to: (i) insert an interposon (Felley et al., "Interposon Mutagenesis of Soil and Water Bacteria: A Family of DNA Fragments Designed for in vitro Insertion Mutagenesis of Gram-negative Bacteria," Gene, 52:147-15 (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference) such that truncated forms of the RSP virus polypeptide or protein, that lack various amounts of the C-terminus, can be produced or (ii) delete various internal portions of the protein. Alternatively, the sequence can be used to amplify any portion of the coding region, such that it can be cloned into a vector supplying both transcription and translation start signals.

Suitable DNA molecules are those that hybridize to a DNA molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 continuous bases of SEQ. ID. No. 1 under stringent conditions characterized by a hybridization buffer comprising 0.9M sodium citrate ("SSC") buffer at a temperature of 37° C. and remaining bound when subject to washing with SSC buffer at 37° C.; and preferably in a hybridization buffer comprising 20% formamide in 0.9M saline/0.9M SSC buffer at a temperature of 42° C. and remaining bound when subject to washing at 42° C. with 0.2×SSC buffer at 42° C.

Variants may also (or alternatively) be modified by, for example, the deletion or addition of nucleotides that have minimal influence on the properties, secondary structure and hydropathic nature of the encoded protein or polypeptide. For example, the nucleotides encoding a protein or polypeptide may be conjugated to a signal (or leader) sequence at the N-terminal end of the protein which co-translationally or post-translationally directs transfer of the protein. The nucleotide sequence may also be altered so that the encoded protein or polypeptide is conjugated to a linker or other sequence for ease of synthesis, purification, or identification of the polypeptide.

The protein or polypeptide of the present invention is preferably produced in purified form (preferably, at least about 80%, more preferably 90%, pure) by conventional techniques. Typically, the protein or polypeptide of the present invention is isolated by lysing and sonication. After washing, the lysate pellet is re-suspended in buffer containing Tris-HCl. During dialysis, a precipitate forms from this protein solution. The solution is centrifuged, and the pellet is washed and re-suspended in the buffer containing Tris-HCl. Proteins are resolved by electrophoresis through an SDS 12% polyacrylamide gel.

The DNA molecule encoding the RSP virus protein or polypeptide of the present invention can be incorporated in cells using conventional recombinant DNA technology. Generally, this involves inserting the DNA molecule into an expression system to which the DNA molecule is heterologous (i.e., not normally present). The heterologous DNA molecule is inserted into the expression system or vector in proper sense orientation and correct reading frame. The vector contains the necessary elements for the transcription and translation of the inserted protein-coding sequences.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,237,224 to Cohen and Boyer, which is hereby incorporated by reference, describes the production of expression systems in the form of recombinant plasmids using restriction enzyme cleavage and ligation with DNA ligase. These recombinant plasmids are then introduced by means of transformation and replicated in unicellular cultures including procaryotic organisms and eukaryotic cells grown in tissue culture.

Recombinant genes may also be introduced into viruses, such as vaccinia virus. Recombinant viruses can be generated by transfection of plasmids into cells infected with virus.

Suitable vectors include, but are not limited to, the following viral vectors such as lambda vector system gt11, gt WES.tB, Charon 4, and plasmid vectors such as pBR322, pBR325, pACYC177, pACYC184, pUC8, pUC9, pUC18, pUC19, pLG339, pR290, pKC37, pKC101, SV 40, pBluescript II SK +/- or KS +/- (see "Stratagene Cloning Systems" Catalog (1993) from Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., which is hereby incorporated by reference), pQE, pIH821, pGEX, pET series (see Studier et. al., "Use of T7 RNA Polymerase to Direct Expression of Cloned Genes," Gene Expression Technology, vol. 185 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by reference), and any derivatives thereof. Suitable vectors are continually being developed and identified. Recombinant molecules can be introduced into cells via transformation, transduction, conjugation, mobilization, or electroporation. The DNA sequences are cloned into the vector using standard cloning procedures in the art, as described by Maniatis et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Springs Laboratory, Cold Springs Harbor, N.Y. (1982), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

A variety of host-vector systems may be utilized to express the protein-encoding sequence(s). Primarily, the vector system must be compatible with the host cell used. Host-vector systems include but are not limited to the following: bacteria transformed with bacteriophage DNA, plasmid DNA, or cosmid DNA; microorganisms such as yeast containing yeast vectors; mammalian cell systems infected with virus (e.g., vaccinia virus, adenovirus, etc.); insect cell systems infected with virus (e.g., baculovirus); and plant cells infected by bacteria or transformed via particle bombardment (i.e. biolistics). The expression elements of these vectors vary in their strength and specificities. Depending upon the host-vector system utilized, any one of a number of suitable transcription and translation elements can be used.

Different genetic signals and processing events control many levels of gene expression (e.g., DNA transcription and messenger RNA ("mRNA") translation).

Transcription of DNA is dependent upon the presence of a promoter which is a DNA sequence that directs the binding of RNA polymerase and thereby promotes mRNA synthesis. The DNA sequences of eukaryotic promoters differ from those of procaryotic promoters. Furthermore, eukaryotic promoters and accompanying genetic signals may not be recognized in or may not function in a procaryotic system, and, further, procaryotic promoters are not recognized and do not function in eukaryotic cells.

Similarly, translation of mRNA in procaryotes depends upon the presence of the proper procaryotic signals which differ from those of eukaryotes. Efficient translation of mRNA in procaryotes requires a ribosome binding site called the Shine-Dalgarno ("SD") sequence on the mRNA. This sequence is a short nucleotide sequence of mRNA that is located before the start codon, usually AUG, which encodes the amino-terminal methionine of the protein. The SD sequences are complementary to the 3'-end of the 16S rRNA (ribosomal RNA) and probably promote binding of mRNA to ribosomes by duplexing with the rRNA to allow correct positioning of the ribosome. For a review on maximizing gene expression, see Roberts and Lauer, Methods in Enzymology, 68:473 (1979), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Promoters vary in their "strength" (i.e., their ability to promote transcription). For the purposes of expressing a cloned gene, it is desirable to use strong promoters in order to obtain a high level of transcription and, hence, expression of the gene. Depending upon the host cell system utilized, any one of a number of suitable promoters may be used. For instance, when cloning in E. coli, its bacteriophages, or plasmids, promoters such as the T7 phage promoter, lac promoter, trp promoter, recA promoter, ribosomal RNA promoter, the P_(R) and P_(L) promoters of coliphage lambda and others, including but not limited, to lacUV5, ompF, bla, lpp, and the like, may be used to direct high levels of transcription of adjacent DNA segments. Additionally, a hybrid trp-lacUV5 (tac) promoter or other E. coli promoters produced by recombinant DNA or other synthetic DNA techniques may be used to provide for transcription of the inserted gene.

Bacterial host cell strains and expression vectors may be chosen which inhibit the action of the promoter unless specifically induced. In certain operons, the addition of specific inducers is necessary for efficient transcription of the inserted DNA. For example, the lac operon is induced by the addition of lactose or IPTG (isopropylthio-beta-D-galactoside). A variety of other operons, such as trp, pro, etc., are under different controls.

Specific initiation signals are also required for efficient gene transcription and translation in procaryotic cells. These transcription and translation initiation signals may vary in "strength" as measured by the quantity of gene specific messenger RNA and protein synthesized, respectively. The DNA expression vector, which contains a promoter, may also contain any combination of various "strong" transcription and/or translation initiation signals. For instance, efficient translation in E. coli requires a Shine-Dalgarno ("SD") sequence about 7-9 bases 5' to the initiation codon ("ATG") to provide a ribosome binding site. Thus, any SD-ATG combination that can be utilized by host cell ribosomes may be employed. Such combinations include but are not limited to the SD-ATG combination from the cro gene or the N gene of coliphage lambda, or from the E. coli tryptophan E, D, C, B or A genes. Additionally, any SD-ATG combination produced by recombinant DNA or other techniques involving incorporation of synthetic nucleotides may be used.

Once the isolated DNA molecules encoding the various Rupestris stem pitting associated virus proteins or polypeptides, as described above, have been cloned into an expression system, they are ready to be incorporated into a host cell. Such incorporation can be carried out by the various forms of transformation noted above, depending upon the vector/host cell system. Suitable host cells include, but are not limited to, bacteria, virus, yeast, mammalian cells, insect, plant, and the like.

The present invention also relates to RNA molecules which encode the various RSP virus proteins or polypeptides described above. The transcripts can be synthesized using the host cells of the present invention by any of the conventional techniques. The mRNA can be translated either in vitro or in vivo. Cell-free systems typically include wheat-germ or reticulocyte extracts. In vivo translation can be effected, for example, by microinjection into frog oocytes.

One aspect of the present invention involves using one or more of the above DNA molecules encoding the various proteins or polypeptides of a RSP virus to transform grape plants in order to impart RSP resistance to the plants. The mechanism by which resistance is imparted in not known. In one hypothetical mechanism, the transformed plant can express the coat protein or polypeptide, and, when the transformed plant is inoculated by a RSP virus, such as RSPaV-1, the expressed coat protein or polypeptide surrounds the virus, thereby preventing translation of the viral DNA.

In this aspect of the present invention, the subject DNA molecule incorporated in the plant can be constitutively expressed. Alternatively, expression can be regulated by a promoter which is activated by the presence of RSP virus. Suitable promoters for these purposes include those from genes expressed in response to RSP virus infiltration.

The isolated DNA molecules of the present invention can be utilized to impart RSP virus resistance for a wide variety of grapevine plants. The DNA molecules are particularly well suited to imparting resistance to Vitis scion or rootstock cultivars. Scion cultivars which can be protected include those commonly referred to as Table or Raisin Grapes, such as Alden, Almeria, Anab-E-Shahi, Autumn Black, Beauty Seedless, Black Corinth, Black Damascus, Black Malvoisie, Black Prince, Blackrose, Bronx Seedless, Burgrave, Calmeria, Campbell Early, Canner, Cardinal, Catawba, Christmas, Concord, Dattier, Delight, Diamond, Dizmar, Duchess, Early Muscat, Emerald Seedless, Emperor, Exotic, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Fiesta, Flame seedless, Flame Tokay, Gasconade, Gold, Himrod, Hunisa, Hussiene, Isabella, Italia, July Muscat, Khandahar, Katta, Kourgane, Kishmishi, Loose Perlette, Malaga, Monukka, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat Flame, Muscat Hamburg, New York Muscat, Niabell, Niagara, Olivette blanche, Ontario, Pierce, Queen, Red Malaga, Ribier, Rish Baba, Romulus, Ruby Seedless, Schuyler, Seneca, Suavis (IP 365), Thompson seedless, and Thomuscat. They also include those used in wine production, such as Aleatico, Alicante Bouschet, Aligote, Alvarelhao, Aramon, Baco blanc (22A), Burger, Cabernet franc, Cabernet, Sauvignon, Calzin, Carignane, Charbono, Chardonnay, Chasselas dore, Chenin blanc, Clairette blanche, Early Burgundy, Emerald Riesling, Feher Szagos, Fernao Pires, Flora, French Colombard, Fresia, Furmint, Gamay, Gewurztraminer, Grand noir, Gray Riesling, Green Hungarian, Green Veltliner, Grenache, Grillo, Helena, Inzolia, Lagrein, Lambrusco de Salamino, Malbec, Malvasia bianca, Mataro, Melon, Merlot, Meunier, Mission, Montua de Pilas, Muscadelle du Bordelais, Muscat blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat Saint-Vallier, Nebbiolo, Nebbiolo fino, Nebbiolo Lampia, Orange Muscat, Palomino, Pedro Ximenes, Petit Bouschet, Petite Sirah, Peverella, Pinot noir, Pinot Saint-George, Primitivo di Gioa, Red Veltliner, Refosco, Rkatsiteli, Royalty, Rubired, Ruby Cabernet, Saint-Emilion, Saint Macaire, Salvador, Sangiovese, Sauvignon blanc, Sauvignon gris, Sauvignon vert, Scarlet, Seibel 5279, Seibel 9110, Seibel 13053, Semillon, Servant, Shiraz, Souzao, Sultana Crimson, Sylvaner, Tannat, Teroldico, Tinta Madeira, Tinto cao, Touriga, Traminer, Trebbiano Toscano, Trousseau, Valdepenas, Viognier, Walschriesling, White Riesling, and Zinfandel. Rootstock cultivars which can be protected include Couderc 1202, Couderc 1613, Couderc 1616, Couderc 3309, Dog Ridge, Foex 33 EM, Freedom, Ganzin 1 (A×R#1), Harmony, Kober 5BB, LN33, Millardet & de Grasset 41B, Millardet & de Grasset 420A, Millardet & de Grasset 101-14, Oppenheim 4 (SO4), Paulsen 775, Paulsen 1045, Paulsen 1103, Richter 99, Richter 110, Riparia Gloire, Ruggeri 225, Saint-George, Salt Creek, Teleki 5A, Vitis rupestris Constantia, Vitis california, and Vitis girdiana.

Plant tissue suitable for transformation include leaf tissue, root tissue, meristems, zygotic and somatic embryos, and anthers. It is particularly preferred to utilize embryos obtained from anther cultures.

The expression system of the present invention can be used to transform virtually any plant tissue under suitable conditions. Tissue cells transformed in accordance with the present invention can be grown in vitro in a suitable medium to impart RSPaV resistance. Transformed cells can be regenerated into whole plants such that the protein or polypeptide imparts resistance to RSPaV in the intact transgenic plants. In either case, the plant cells transformed with the recombinant DNA expression system of the present invention are grown and caused to express that DNA molecule to produce one of the above-described RSPaV proteins or polypeptides and, thus, to impart RSPaV resistance.

In producing transgenic plants, the DNA construct in a vector described above can be microinjected directly into plant cells by use of micropipettes to transfer mechanically the recombinant DNA. Crossway, Mol. Gen. Genetics, 202:179-85 (1985), which is hereby incorporated by reference. The genetic material may also be transferred into the plant cell using polyethylene glycol. Krens, et al., Nature, 296:72-74 (1982), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

One technique of transforming plants with the DNA molecules in accordance with the present invention is by contacting the tissue of such plants with an inoculum of a bacteria transformed with a vector comprising a gene in accordance with the present invention which imparts RSPaV resistance. Generally, this procedure involves inoculating the plant tissue with a suspension of bacteria and incubating the tissue for 48 to 72 hours on regeneration medium without antibiotics at 25-28° C.

Bacteria from the genus Agrobacterium can be utilized to transform plant cells. Suitable species of such bacterium include Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Agrobacterium tumefaciens (e.g., strains C58, LBA4404, or EHA105) is particularly useful due to its well-known ability to transform plants.

Heterologous genetic sequences can be introduced into appropriate plant cells, by means of the Ti plasmid of A. tumefaciens or the Ri plasmid of A. rhizogenes. The Ti or Ri plasmid is transmitted to plant cells on infection by Agrobacterium and is stably integrated into the plant genome. J. Schell, Science, 237:1176-83 (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

After transformation, the transformed plant cells must be regenerated.

Plant regeneration from cultured protoplasts is described in Evans et al., Handbook of Plant Cell Cultures, Vol. 1: (MacMillan Publishing Co., New York, 1983); and Vasil I. R. (ed.), Cell Culture and Somatic Cell Genetics of Plants, Acad. Press, Orlando, Vol. I, 1984, and Vol. III (1986), which are hereby incorporated by reference.

It is known that practically all plants can be regenerated from cultured cells or tissues, including but not limited to, all major species of sugarcane, sugar beets, cotton, fruit trees, and legumes.

Means for regeneration vary from species to species of plants, but generally a suspension of transformed protoplasts or a petri plate containing explants is first provided. Callus tissue is formed and shoots may be induced from callus and subsequently rooted. Alternatively, embryo formation can be induced in the callus tissue. These embryos germinate as natural embryos to form plants. The culture media will generally contain various amino acids and hormones, such as auxin and cytokinins. It is also advantageous to add glutamic acid and proline to the medium. Efficient regeneration will depend on the medium, on the genotype, and on the history of the culture. If these three variables are controlled, then regeneration is usually reproducible and repeatable.

After the expression cassette is stably incorporated in transgenic plants, it can be transferred to other plants by sexual crossing. Any of a number of standard breeding techniques can be used, depending upon the species to be crossed.

Once transgenic plants of this type are produced, the plants themselves can be cultivated in accordance with conventional procedure so that the DNA construct is present in the resulting plants. Alternatively, transgenic seeds are recovered from the transgenic plants. These seeds can then be planted in the soil and cultivated using conventional procedures to produce transgenic plants.

Another approach to transforming plant cells with a gene which imparts resistance to pathogens is particle bombardment (also known as biolistic transformation) of the host cell. This can be accomplished in one of several ways. The first involves propelling inert or biologically active particles at cells. This technique is disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,945,050, 5,036,006, and 5,100,792, all to Sanford et al., and in Emerschad et al., "Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Development from Immature Zygotic Embryos of Seedless Grapes (Vitis vinifera)," Plant Cell Reports, 14:6-12 (1995) ("Emerschad (1995)"), which are hereby incorporated by reference. Generally, this procedure involves propelling inert or biologically active particles at the cells under conditions effective to penetrate the outer surface of the cell and to be incorporated within the interior thereof. When inert particles are utilized, the vector can be introduced into the cell by coating the particles with the vector containing the heterologous DNA. Alternatively, the target cell can be surrounded by the vector so that the vector is carried into the cell by the wake of the particle. Biologically active particles (e.g., dried bacterial cells containing the vector and heterologous DNA) can also be propelled into plant cells.

Once a grape plant tissue is transformed in accordance with the present invention, it is regenerated to form a transgenic grape plant. Generally, regeneration is accomplished by culturing transformed tissue on medium containing the appropriate growth regulators and nutrients to allow for the initiation of shoot meristems. Appropriate antibiotics are added to the regeneration medium to inhibit the growth of Agrobacterium and to select for the development of transformed cells. Following shoot initiation, shoots are allowed to develop tissue culture and are screened for marker gene activity.

The DNA molecules of the present invention can be made capable of transcription to a messenger RNA that does not translate to the protein. This is known as RNA-mediated resistance. When a Vitis scion or rootstock cultivar is transformed with such a DNA molecule, the DNA molecule can be transcribed under conditions effective to maintain the messenger RNA in the plant cell at low level density readings. Density readings of between 15 and 50 using a Hewlet ScanJet and Image Analysis Program are preferred.

A portion of one or more DNA molecules of the present invention as well as other DNA molecules can be used in a transgenic grape plant in accordance with U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/025,635, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

The RSPaV protein or polypeptide can also be used to raise antibodies or binding portions thereof or probes. The antibodies can be monoclonal or polyclonal.

Monoclonal antibody production may be effected by techniques which are well-known in the art. Basically, the process involves first obtaining immune cells (lymphocytes) from the spleen of a mammal (e.g., mouse) which has been previously immunized with the antigen of interest either in vivo or in vitro. The antibody-secreting lymphocytes are then fused with (mouse) myeloma cells or transformed cells, which are capable of replicating indefinitely in cell culture, thereby producing an immortal, immunoglobulin-secreting cell line. The resulting fused cells, or hybridomas, are cultured, and the resulting colonies screened for the production of the desired monoclonal antibodies. Colonies producing such antibodies are cloned, and grown either in vivo or in vitro to produce large quantities of antibody. A description of the theoretical basis and practical methodology of fusing such cells is set forth in Kohler and Milstein, Nature, 256:495 (1975), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Mammalian lymphocytes are immunized by in vivo immunization of the animal (e.g., a mouse) with the protein or polypeptide of the present invention. Such immunizations are repeated as necessary at intervals of up to several weeks to obtain a sufficient titer of antibodies. Following the last antigen boost, the animals are sacrificed and spleen cells removed.

Fusion with mammalian myeloma cells or other fusion partners capable of replicating indefinitely in cell culture is effected by standard and well-known techniques, for example, by using polyethylene glycol ("PEG") or other fusing agents. (See Milstein and Kohler, Eur. J. Immunol., 6:511 (1976), which is hereby incorporated by reference.) This immortal cell line, which is preferably murine, but may also be derived from cells of other mammalian species, including but not limited to rats and humans, is selected to be deficient in enzymes necessary for the utilization of certain nutrients, to be capable of rapid growth, and to have good fusion capability. Many such cell lines are known to those skilled in the art, and others are regularly described.

Procedures for raising polyclonal antibodies are also well known. Typically, such antibodies can be raised by administering the protein or polypeptide of the present invention subcutaneously to New Zealand white rabbits which have first been bled to obtain pre-immune serum. The antigens can be injected at a total volume of 100 μl per site at six different sites. Each injected material will contain synthetic surfactant adjuvant pluronic polyols, or pulverized acrylamide gel containing the protein or polypeptide after SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The rabbits are then bled two weeks after the first injection and periodically boosted with the same antigen three times every six weeks. A sample of serum is then collected 10 days after each boost. Polyclonal antibodies are then recovered from the serum by affinity chromatography using the corresponding antigen to capture the antibody. Ultimately, the rabbits are euthanized with pentobarbital 150 mg/Kg IV. This and other procedures for raising polyclonal antibodies are disclosed in Harlow et. al., editors, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

In addition to utilizing whole antibodies, binding portions of such antibodies can be used. Such binding portions include Fab fragments, F(ab')₂ fragments, and Fv fragments. These antibody fragments can be made by conventional procedures, such as proteolytic fragmentation procedures, as described in Goding, Monoclonal Antibodies: Principles and Practice, New York: Academic Press, pp. 98-118 (1983), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

The present invention also relates to probes found either in nature or prepared synthetically by recombinant DNA procedures or other biological procedures. Suitable probes are molecules that bind to RSP viral antigens identified by the polyclonal antibodies of the present invention or bind to the nucleic acid of RSPaV. Such probes can be, for example, proteins, peptides, lectins, or nucleic acids.

The antibodies or binding portions thereof or probes can be administered to RSPaV infected scion cultivars or rootstock cultivars. Alternatively, at least the binding portions of these antibodies can be sequenced, and the encoding DNA synthesized. The encoding DNA molecule can be used to transform plants together with a promoter which causes expression of the encoded antibody when the plant is infected by an RSPaV. In either case, the antibody or binding portion thereof or probe will bind to the virus and help prevent the usual stem pitting response.

Antibodies raised against the proteins or polypeptides of the present invention or binding portions of these antibodies can be utilized in a method for detection of RSPaV in a sample of tissue, such as tissue from a grape scion or rootstock. Antibodies or binding portions thereof suitable for use in the detection method include those raised against a replicase, proteins or polypeptides of the triple gene block, or a coat protein or polypeptide in accordance with the present invention. Any reaction of the sample with the antibody is detected using an assay system which indicates the presence of RSPaV in the sample. A variety of assay systems can be employed, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, radioimmunoassays, gel diffusion precipitin reaction assays, immunodiffusion assays, agglutination assays, fluorescent immunoassays, protein A immunoassays, or immunoelectrophoresis assays.

Alternatively, the RSPaV can be detected in such a sample using the DNA molecules of the present, RNA molecules of the present invention, or DNA or RNA fragments thereof, as probes in nucleic acid hybridization assays for detecting the presence of complementary virus DNA or RNA in the various tissue samples described above. The nucleotide sequence is provided as a probe in a nucleic acid hybridization assay or a gene amplification detection procedure (e.g., using a polymerase chain reaction procedure). The nucleic acid probes of the present invention may be used in any nucleic acid hybridization assay system known in the art, including, but not limited to, Southern blots (Southern, E. M., "Detection of Specific Sequences Among DNA Fragments Separated by Gel Electrophoresis," J. Mol. Biol., 98:503-17 (1975), which is hereby incorporated by reference), Northern blots (Thomas, P. S., "Hybridization of Denatured RNA and Small DNA Fragments Transferred to Nitrocellulose," Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA, 77:5201-05 (1980), which is hereby incorporated by reference), and Colony blots (Grunstein, M., et al., "Colony Hybridization: A Method for the Isolation of Cloned cDNAs that Contain a Specific Gene," Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA, 72:3961-65 (1975), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Alternatively, the isolated DNA molecules of the present invention or RNA transcripts thereof can be used in a gene amplification detection procedure (e.g., a polymerase chain reaction). Erlich, H. A., et. al., "Recent Advances in the Polymerase Chain Reaction," Science 252:1643-51 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any reaction with the probe is detected so that the presence of RSP virus in the sample is indicated. Such detection is facilitated by providing the DNA molecule of the present invention with a label. Suitable labels include a radioactive compound, a fluorescent compound, a chemiluminescent compound, an enzymatic compound, or other equivalent nucleic acid labels.

Depending upon the desired scope of detection, it is possible to utilize probes having nucleotide sequences that correspond with conserved or variable regions of the ORF or UTR. For example, to distinguish RSPaV from other related viruses (as described herein), it is desirable to use probes which contain nucleotide sequences that correspond to sequences more highly conserved among all RSPaV strains. Also, to distinguish between different RSPaV strains (e.g., RSPaV-1, RSP47-4, RSP158), it is desirable to utilize probes containing nucleotide sequences that correspond to sequences less highly conserved among the RSP virus strains.

Nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) probes of the present invention will hybridize to complementary RSPaV-1 nucleic acid under stringent conditions. Less stringent conditions may also be selected. Generally, stringent conditions are selected to be about 50° C. lower than the thermal melting point (T_(m)) for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength and pH. The T_(m) is the temperature (under defined ionic strength and pH) at which 50% of the target sequence hybridizes to a perfectly matched probe. The T_(m) is dependent upon the solution conditions and the base composition of the probe, and may be calculated using the following equation: ##EQU1## Nonspecific binding may also be controlled using any one of a number of known techniques such as, for example, blocking the membrane with protein-containing solutions, addition of heterologous RNA, DNA, and SDS to the hybridization buffer, and treatment with RNase. Generally, suitable stringent conditions for nucleic acid hybridization assays or gene amplification detection procedures are as set forth above. More or less stringent conditions may also be selected.

The development of a rapid detection method for RSP is a major breakthrough, because the only detection method now available is through inoculation of St. George grape indicators, which takes two to three years to develop symptoms. A serological or nucleic acid based detection tests developed for RSP will take only 1 to 2 days and it is less expensive. The woody indicator test on St. George costs $250 per sample, while a serological or nucleic acid based test would cost $30-50 per sample. Moreover, the rapid tests will speed up the introduction of grape imports into the US from the current three years to about six months. These applications will be valuable wherever grapes are grown. Since RSP is part of the rugose wood complex, development of rapid detection methods will be invaluable in determining the significance of RSP in the rugose wood complex. This will allow an investigator to determine whether RSP alone can cause the rugose wood complex or if other components are needed. In addition, these rapid detection methods are very useful to evaluate the resistance of transgenic plants to Rupestris stem pitting associated virus.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are provided to illustrate embodiments of the present invention but are by no means intended to limit its scope.

Example 1--Grapevine Materials for dsRNA Analysis

Samples from 15 accessions that induced pitting on graft-inoculated St. George were collected from the National Grapevine Germplasm Repository of the USDA Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PGRU) at Geneva and used for dsRNA analysis. Positive controls used included Thompson Seedless (RSP105) (Golino, "The Davis Grapevine Virus Collection," Am. J. Enology Viticulture, 43:200-05 (1992), which is hereby incorporated by reference) from the FPMS, University of California (Davis) and Pinot Noir (SVP1186-09A2), which was kindly provided by Dr. R. Johnson of Center for Plant Health, Agriculture Canada, Sidney, British Columbia. Negative controls as judged by indexing on St. George included Freedom from the PGRU at Geneva, New York, and Verduzzo 233A. The latter was kindly provided by Dr. P. Silvano of the Sezione di Fitovirologia, ERSA Servizio Chimico-Agrario e della Certificazione, Pozzuolo del Friuh (UD), Italy.

Example 2--Grapevine Materials for RT-PCR

Dormant cuttings of 138 grapevine selections were collected from USA, Canada, Italy, and Portugal over three years. Samples included Vitis vinifera cultivars, hybrids, V. riparia, and rootstocks. 117 grapevine selections were indexed on St. George for RSP and other RW diseases. Pinot noir (1186-9A2) from Agriculture Canada, Center for Plant Health (Sidney, Canada) and Thompson seedless (RSP105) from University of California (Davis) were included as positive controls. Sauvignon blanc, generated from shoot tip tissue culture and tested free of viruses and viroids was provided by Dr. J. Semancik (University of California at Riverside) and used as a healthy control. In addition, six seedlings of five Vitis species were also included as negative controls.

Example 3--dsRNA Isolation and Analysis

Methods for isolating dsRNA were described by Hu et al., "Characterization of Closterovirus-like Particles Associated with Grapevine Leafroll Disease," J. Phytopathology, 128:1-14 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by reference, except that 1 X STE with 15% ethanol (instead of 16.5%) was used to wash CF-11 cellulose columns prior to elution of dsRNAs. The dsRNAs were isolated from leaves, petioles, and the phloem tissue of dormant canes, electrophoresed on 1% agarose or low melting temperature agarose gels, and analyzed by staining with ethidium bromide (EtBr). Hind EII digested lambda DNA was used as markers to estimate the sizes of the dsRNA molecules.

Example 4--cDNA Synthesis and Cloning

The extremely low yield of dsRNA and the limited quantity of RSP-infected grape materials precluded the use of a single RSP-infected grapevine accession as the source of dsRNA for cloning purpose. Therefore, dsRNA preparations from Colobel 257, Ravat 34, Couderc 28-112, and Seyval were pooled and used as templates for cDNA synthesis. In order to get pure templates for cloning, dsRNA bands were excised from low melting temperature agarose gels after electrophoresis and recovered by extraction with phenol and chloroform (Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989), which is hereby incorporated by reference). The same recovery procedure was repeated once more. The purified dsRNA was denatured with 20 mM methyl mercuric hydroxide and cDNAs were synthesized using slightly modified methods of Jelkmann et al., "Cloning of Four Viruses from Small Quantities of Double-Stranded RNA," Phytopathology, 79:1250-53 (1989), which is incorporated herein be reference. The cDNA fragments were first blunt-ended with T4 DNA polymerase at 12° C. T4 DNA ligase was used to add EcoR I adapters to both ends of the cDNAs. Subsequently, the cDNA molecules with cohesive ends were ligated to EcoR I-prepared arms of lambda ZAP II. Finally, the resulting recombinant phages were packed into Gigapack II packaging extract following manufacturer's instructions (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.).

Example 5--Identification of cDNA Clones Specific to the dsRNA

Plaque hybridization was used to screen cDNA clones by transferring recombinant cDNA plaques to nylon membranes and hybridizing to ³² P-labeled first-strand cDNA probes generated from the dsRNA according to manufacturer's recommendations (Du Pont, 1987). Clones with strong hybridization signals were converted into pBluescript SK through in vivo excision (Stratagene, 1991). After digestion of the resulting plasmids with EcoR I, 20 clones were selected and further analyzed in Southern hybridization with radio labeled first strand cDNA probes synthesized from the dsRNA. The specificity of two selected clones to the dsRNA was confirmed by Northern analysis using ³² P labeled inserts of the two clones.

Example 6--Bridging Gaps Between Clones

To bridge the gap between clones RSP3 and RSP94, a pair of specific primers were used in RT-PCR to generate cDNA fragments from the dsRNA. RSP3-RSP94 primer 1 (sense, nt 3629-3648) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 41 as follows:

    GCTTCAGCAC TTGGAAGGCG          20                                         

RSP3-RSP94 primer 2 (antisense, nt 4350-4366) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 42 as follows:

    CACACAGTGG CCAGCCT             17                                         

After gel electrophoresis, PCR amplified cDNA bands were excised from gels and recovered with the phenol/chloroform method (Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

The same strategy was employed to bridge the gap between clones RSP94 and RSP95. RSP94-RSP95 primer 1 (sense, nt 5272-5291) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 43 as follows:

    GGAGGTGCGT TGTGGTTATG          20                                         

RSP94-RSP95 primer 2 (antisense, nt 6791-6808) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 44 as follows:

    CCCTGGCACT GCACACCC            17                                         

Example 7--Obtaining Nucleotide Sequences on Both Termini of RSPaV-1 Genome

To obtain the terminal 3' end sequences, a primer (sense, nt 8193-8210) having a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 45 as follows:

    GGAGGTGACC ACATTACG            18                                         

and a (dT) 18 primer were used in RT-PCR to amplify cDNA from the dsRNA. Resulting PCR products were cloned into TA vector pCRII (Invitrogen) and sequenced. This approach was based on the assumption that the RSP associated dsRNA contained a poly (A) tail. For the terminal 5' end, the dsRNA was first tagged with poly (A) using yeast Poly (A) polymerase (USB) (Pappu et al., "Nucleotide Sequence and Organization of Eight 3' Open Reading Frames of the Citrus tristeza Closterovirus Genome," Virology 199:35-46 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference) and then used as templates to generate cDNA fragments by RT-PCR using (dT) 18 primer and primer (antisense, nt 429-449) having a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 46 as follows:

    CATCACGACT TGTCACAAAC C        21                                         

Example 8--Nucleotide Sequencing

CsCl or alkaline/PEG (polyethylene glycol) purified plasmids (Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989), which is hereby incorporated by reference; Applied Biosystems, Inc.) and RT-PCR amplified cDNA fragments were sequenced for completion on both strands. Nucleotide sequencing was done manually with Sequenase version 2.0 kit (USB) or automatically on ABI 373 automated sequencer with Taq DyeDeoxy™ terminator cycle sequencing kit (Applied Biosystems, Inc.). Vector primers (T3, T7, M13 Forward, and M13 Reverse) were used in initial sequencing and sequences were completed by primer walking strategy.

Example 9--Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Two pairs of primers were designed for RT-PCR: (1) RSP95F1 and RSP95R1; and (2) RSP149F1 and RSP149R1. Primer RSP95F1, an antisense strand primer, has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 47 as follows:

    TGGGCCTCCA CTTCTTC             17                                         

Primer RSP95R1, a sense strand primer, has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 48 as follows:

    GGGGTTGCCT GAAGAT              16                                         

Primer RSP149F1, an antisense strand primer, has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 49 as follows:

    ACACCTGCTG TGAAAGC             17                                         

Primer RSP149R1, a sense strand primer, has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 50 as follows:

    GGCCAAGGTT CAGTTTG             17                                         

RSP95F1/R1 were used in RT-PCR to test samples collected in 1994. RSP149R1/F1, alone or together with RSP95F1/R1, were used to test samples collected in 1995 and 1996. To avoid bias in the judgment of RT-PCR results, blind tests were conducted for samples from Canada in 1995 and 1996. The indexing results of these samples were kept untold until the RT-PCR tests were complete.

dsRNAs were denatured with methylmercuric hydroxide (CH4HgOH) and reverse transcribed into cDNAs with Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) or Avian Myeloblastosis Virus (AMV) reverse transcriptases (Promega) at 42° C. for 1 to 3 h. Five of 20 μl of the RT reactions were added to PCR mix and amplified in thermal cycler (HYBAID OmniGene, National Labnet Company) with Taq DNA polymerase (buffer B, Promega) using the following parameters: initial denaturation at 94° C. for 5 min, 40 cycles of amplification at 94° C. for 45 s, 52° C. for 1 min, and 72° C. for 1 min, and a final extension at 72° C. for 10 min. PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis on 1% agarose gels containing ethidium bromide. Hae III digested Phix 174 fragments were used as molecular weight markers.

Example 10--Southern Blot

DNA fragments amplified by PCR from cDNA clone RSP149 with primers RSP149F1/R1 were labeled with 32P by random priming and used as probes. Products of RT-PCR of randomly selected grapevines including 26 positives and 6 negatives by RT-PCR were electrophoresed on an 0.8% agarose gel, transferred to nylon membranes, and hybridized to the probes following manufacturer's instructions (Du Pont).

Example 11--Computer Assisted Analysis of Sequences and Genome Structure of RSPaV-1

Sequences were assembled with SeqMan program and potential open reading frames were generated with MapDraw program (DNASTAR, Madison, Wis.). BLAST program of the NCBI (the National Center for Biotechnology Information) was used to search for homologies in DNA and protein databases. Clustal analysis (with identity weight table) of MegAlign (DNASTAR) was employed to reveal sequence similarities between the putative proteins of RSPaV-1 and the analogous proteins of ASPV (Jelkmann, "Nucleotide Sequences of Apple Stem Pitting Virus and of the Coat Protein of a Similar Virus from Pear Associated with Vein Yellows Disease and Their Relationship with Potex- and Carlaviruses," J. General Virology, 75:1535-42 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference) and PVM (Zavriev et al., "Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Genomic RNA of the Potato M-Virus," Molecular Biology (Mosk.) 25:761-69 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference). In addition, nucleotide sequences of the untranslated regions (UTR) of these three viruses were also compared using MagAlign, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.

Example 12--Consistent Association of a High Molecular Weight dsRNA with RSP

The 15 grapevine accessions used in this study were previously indexed on St. George where 12 accessions induced typical RSP symptoms (i.e., a narrow strip of small pits below the inoculum bud). FIG. 1A illustrates these typical RSP symptoms. A good correlation was found between the presence of the specific dsRNA and the indexing results on St. George. As shown in FIG. 2A and recorded in Table 1 below, twelve grapevine accessions with typical RSP symptoms revealed a dsRNA of ca. 8.7 kb with gel electrophoresis. In addition, a smaller dsRNA of about 6.6 kb was observed in Colobel 257 and Seyval. In contrast, although Aminia and Canandaigua elicited deep pits and grooves around the woody cylinder of St. George, they did not reveal visible dsRNA of expected size in repeated experiments. Freedom, which indexed negative for RSP on St. George, did not reveal visible dsRNA. Although two dsRNA bands were observed in Verduzzo 233A (which was indexed free of RSP on St. George), they were not specific to RSP based on the fact that they were larger or smaller than the 8.7 kb dsRNA associated with RSP (FIG. 2A) and that they did not hybridize to the RSP-specific probe in Northern analysis (FIG. 2B). In addition, the two dsRNA species isolated from Verduzzo 233A were not observed in other healthy grapevines such as Cabernet Franc and LN 33.

                  TABLE 1                                                          ______________________________________                                                            St. George                                                    Accessions and Parentage Indicator dsRNA Northern                            ______________________________________                                         Aminia (Carter X Black Hamburg)                                                                   +        -       -                                            Bertille Seyve 3408 (BS 872 + + +                                              X Seibel 5410)                                                                 Bertille Seyve 5563 (Seibel 6905 X + + +                                       BS 3445)                                                                       Canandaigua (V. labrusca X V. vinifera) + - -                                  Colobel 257 (Seibel 6150 X + + +                                               Seibel 5455)                                                                   Couderc 28-112 (Emily X V. rupestris) + + +                                    Freedom (Couderc 1613 X Dog Ridge) - - -                                       Grande Glabre (V. riparia) + + +                                               III 344-1 (BS 2667 X Seibel 6905) + +† -†                        Joffre (V. vinifera X + + +                                                    V. riparia X V. rupestris)                                                     Ravat 34 (Berlandieri X Chardonnay) + + +                                      Seyval (Seibel 4995 X Seibel 4986) + + +                                       Seyve Villard 14-287 (V. labrusca X + + +                                      V. rupestris X V. aestiv X                                                     V. cinerea X V. vinifera)                                                      Seyve Villard 3160 (Seibel 5163 X + + +                                        Seibel 2049)                                                                   Verdelet (Seibel 5455 X Seibel 4938) + + +                                     Controls                                                                       Pinot Noir (V. vinifera) + + +                                                 Thompson seedless (V. vinifera) + NT +                                         Verduzzo 233A - -‡ -                                              ______________________________________                                          Symbols:                                                                       *Probe used was insert from cDNA clone RSP149.                                 †A faint dsRNA band could be observed on the gel after                  electrophoresis but no hybridization signal could be seen in Northern          analysis.                                                                      ‡Although two dsRNA bands were observed in Verduzzo 233A, they      were not specific to RSP, because they were either larger or smaller than      the RSPassociated 8.7 kbp dsRNA and they did not hybridize to the probe i      Northern analysis.                                                       

The yield of dsRNA was low and varied significantly among different accessions. When a comparable amount of phloem tissue (14 g for Bertille Seyve 5563 and Couderc 28-112; 18.5 g for the others) was used to isolate dsRNA, Colobel 257, Seyval, Ravat 34, Grande Glabre, and Seyve Villard 14-287 displayed strong dsRNA bands, while Bertille Seyve 5563, Couderc 28-112, Joffre, and Verdelet showed weak bands after staining with EtBr, as shown in FIG. 2A. Bertille Seyve 3408 and Seyve Villard 3160 were analyzed in separate experiments and dsRNA bands of the same size were observed.

Example 13--Selection and Specificity of cDNA Clones

A total of 182 clones were selected after plaque hybridization. Eighty clones with strong hybridization signals were subcloned into pBluescript SK through in vivo excision. Resulting plasmids were shown to have inserts ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 kb. A total of 20 clones with inserts of ca. 0.8 kb or larger were selected. Southern analysis of these 20 clones to radio labeled first strand cDNA probes derived from the dsRNA resulted in 15 clones with strong hybridization signals. Several of these clones were used to determine the genome sequence of the dsRNA: RSP3, RSP28, RSP94, RSP140, RSP95, and TA5. Another clone (RSP149), which was 97% similar in nucleotide sequence to RSP95, was used as one of the two probes in Northern hybridization.

Northern hybridization was employed to confirm the specific relationship of clones RSP95 and RSP149 to the isolated dsRNA. These two clones gave the strongest reaction in Southern analysis described above. Initial experiments showed that RSP95 insert hybridized with the dsRNA isolated from three accessions (Colobel 257, Seyval, and Ravat 34), from which the template dsRNAs used in cDNA synthesis were isolated. As shown in FIG. 2B and indicated in Table 1, use of RSP149 insert as the probe showed that this clone hybridized with the dsRNA of ca. 8.7 kb isolated from RSP infected grapevines. Furthermore, the intensity of hybridization signals corresponded to that of the dsRNA bands observed on agarose gels stained with EtBr. Colobel 257, Seyval, Ravat 34, Grande Glabre, and Serve Villard 14-287 reacted strongly; Bertille Seyve 5563, Couderc 28-112, Joffre, and Verdelet had weak hybridization signals. The result for Ill 344-1 was not conclusive. Aminia and Canandaigua did not show visible dsRNAs or hybridization in Northern analysis. Bertille Seyve 3408, which was tested in a separate experiment, did show a ca. 8.7 kb dsRNA which hybridized to the probe from RSP149. Freedom and Verduzzo 233A, which had indexed negative for RSP on St. George, were also negative in Northern blot.

Example 14 Nucleotide Sequence and Genome Structure of RSPaV-1

Six cDNA clones and three RT-PCR amplified cDNA fragments (identified as RSPA, RSPB, and RSPC) were sequenced on both strands and used to obtain the complete nucleotide sequence of a viral agent, which is shown in FIG. 3A. The genome of RSPaV-1 consisted of 8726 nts excluding a poly (A) tail on the 3' end. The sequence of RSPA indicated that the 5' first base of the RSPaV-1 genome appeared to be a cytosine (C). Clone TA5, which represented the 3' end of the RSPaV-1 genome, contained a stretch of adenines (A) preceded by a cytosine.

MapDraw analysis, shown at FIG. 3B, indicated that the genome of RSPaV-1 had five potential ORFs on its positive strand, while no ORFs were observed on the negative strand (data not shown). ORF1 (nt 62 to 6547 of SEQ. ID. No. 1) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 2. ORF1 believed to encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 244 kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 3. According to Lutcke et al., "Selection of AUG Initiation Codons Differs in Plants and Animals," Eur. Mol. Biol. J., 6:43-48 (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference, the start codon of ORF1 was in a favorable context: GCAAUGGC, where the "GC" after the start codon is important for initiating translation in a plant system. ORF2 (nt 6578 to 7243 of SEQ. ID. No. 1) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 4. ORF2 is believed to encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 24.4 kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 5. The first two ORFs were separated by an intergenic region of 30 nts. ORF3 (nt 7245 to 7598 of SEQ. ID. NO. 1) has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 6. ORF3 is believed to encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 12.8 kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. NO. 7. ORF4 (nt 7519 to 7761 of SEQ. ID. NO. 1), which overlapped with ORF3 by 80 nts, has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 8. ORF3 is believed to encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 8.4 kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 9. Nine nucleotides downstream of ORF4 was the start of ORF5 (nt 7771 to 8550 of SEQ. ID. No. 1), which has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 10. ORF5 is believed to encode a protein or polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 28 kDa and an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 11. Downstream of ORF5 was the 3' end LJTR of 176 nts. Although computer assisted analysis indicated that two shorter ORFs may exist as alternatives to ORF1 and ORF5, neither of them were in good contexts for translation initiation.

Example 15 Comparison of the RSPaV-1 Genome with ASPV and PVM Carlavirus Genomes

The arrangement of the ORFs and the amino acid sequences of RSPaV-1 showed similarities to those of PVX (Skryabin et al., "The Nucleotide Sequence of Potato Virus X RNA," Nucleic Acids Res. 16: 10929-30 (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference), PVM (Zavriev et al., "Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Genomic RNA of the Potato M-Virus," Molecular Biology (Mosk.) 25:761-69 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference), and ASPV (Jelkmann, "Nucleotide Sequences of Apple Stem Pitting Virus and of the Coat Protein of a Similar Virus from Pear Associated with Vein Yellows Disease and Their Relationship with Potex- and Carlaviruses," J. General Virology 75:1535-42 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference), with the latter two being the most similar to RSPaV-1. A representation of the sequence comparison is shown in FIG. 3B and the percent identities in amino acid sequences of the ORF of RSPaV-1 and the corresponding ORF of ASPV, PVM, and PVX are shown in Table 2 below. These analyses suggest that the ORFs of RSPaV-1 are compared with those of PVM and ASPV.

                                      TABLE 2                                      __________________________________________________________________________     Replicase                           Coat                                                ORF1                       Protein                                      Region I Region II  Triple Gene Block ORF5                                   aa 1-372 aa 1354-2161                                                                          Total                                                                              ORF2                                                                               ORF3                                                                               ORF4                                                                               Total                                                                              aa 142-245                                 __________________________________________________________________________     ASPV                                                                               49.2 57.5   39.6                                                                               38.0                                                                               39.3                                                                               27.1                                                                               31.3                                                                               49.5                                         PVM 47.2 53.2 37.6 34.8 31.2 19.0 21.2 33.3                                    PVX 18.9 20.4 15.7 23.5 31.3 22.9 27.4 42.9                                  __________________________________________________________________________

When the total amino acid sequence of RSPaV-1 ORF1 was used for comparison, it showed 39.6% and 37.6% identities with the replicases of ASPV and PVM respectively (Table 2). These homologies were mainly found in regions I (aa 1 to 372) and II (aa 1354-2161), which are at the N and C terminal portions of the putative replicase, respectively, shown at FIGS. 4A and 4B. Within region I, the identities of RSPaV-1 with ASPV and PVM were 49.2% and 47.2%, respectively (Table 2). The methyltransferase domain, which is conserved in Sindbis-like superfamily of plant viruses (Rozanov et al., "Conservation of the Putative Methyltransferase Domain: A Hallmark of the "Sindbis-like" Supergroup of Positive-Strand RNA Viruses," J. General Virology 73:2129-34 (1992), which is hereby incorporated by reference), was found in this region (FIG. 4A). Region II, on the other hand, showed even higher identities: 57.5% with ASPV and 53.2% with PVM (Table 2). A NTP binding motif "GXXXXGKS/T" (aa 1356 to 1363) ("X" stands for any amino acid residue), which is conserved in helicase proteins and helicase domains of eukaryotic positive strand RNA viruses (Gorbalenya et al., "A Novel Superfamily of Nucleotide Triphosphate-Binding Motif Containing Proteins which are Probably Involved in Duplex Unwinding in DNA and RNA Replication and Recombination," FEBS Letters, 235:16-24 (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference), was found in the beginning of region II (FIG. 4B). The amino acid sequences of this motif in ASPV and PVM were identical to that of RSPaV-1 except for one position. Furthermore, amino acid sequence surrounding the GDD motif, which is conserved in all RNA dependent RNA polymerases of positive strand RNA viruses (Koonin, "The Phylogeny of RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases of Positive-Strand RNA Viruses," J. Gen. Virology 72:2197-2206 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference), was located near the C terminus of the RSPaV-1 replicase protein and showed high identities to those of ASPV and PVM (FIG. 4B). Other conserved residues of positive strand RNA viruses as described by Koonin, "The Phylogeny of RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases of Positive-Strand RNA Viruses," J. Gen. Virology 72:2197-2206 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference, were also found in this region. Based on these information, it was concluded that ORF1 of RSPaV-1 codes for the putative replicase protein.

The triple gene block is a common feature of several groups of plant viruses including carlaviruses, potexviruses, and ASPV. Comparison of RSPaV-1 ORF2 with those of PVM and ASPV showed evenly distributed homologies in amino acid sequence: 38.0% identity to ASPV and 34.8% to PVM (Table 2). The N terminal region of the 24.4 K protein (ORF2) contained the consensus sequence "GXGKS S/T" (aa 31 to 36) (FIG. 5A), which is observed in its counterparts in carlaviruses (Zavriev et al., "Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Genomic RNA of the Potato M-Virus," Molecular Biology (Mosk.) 25:761-69 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference) and a number of ATP and GTP binding proteins (Zimmem, "Evolution of RNA Viruses," in RNA Genetics, Holland et al., eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., USA (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference). The 12.8 K protein of RSPaV-1 encoded by ORF3 had 39.3% and 31.2% identities with its counterparts in ASPV and PVM respectively (Table 2). However, most of the matching occurred in a region from aa 29 to 62, among which 18 aa were fully conserved in all three viruses (FIG. 5B). These 12-13 K proteins may function in membrane binding (Morozov et al., "Nucleotide Sequence of the Open Reading Frames Adjacent to the Coat Protein in Potato Virus X Genome," FEBS Letters 213:438-42 (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference). The 8.4 K protein encoded by RSPaV-1 ORF4, in contrast, showed much lower identities: 27.1% with that of ASPV and 19.0% with that of PVM (Table 2). However, four residues "TGES" (aa 38 to 41) were conserved in all three viruses (FIG. 5C). In vitro studies indicated that the analogous 7 K protein of PVM may bind to single or double stranded nucleic acids (Gramstat et al., "The 12 kDa Protein of Potato Virus M Displays Properties of a Nucleic Acid-Binding Regulatory Protein," FEBS Letters, 276:34-38 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by reference) and to plasma membrane (Morozov et al., "In vitro Membrane Binding of the Translation Products of the Carlavirus 7-kDa Protein Genes," Virology 183:782-85 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

A sequence similarity search in a DNA database revealed identities between the putative protein encoded for by RSPaV-1 ORF5 to the coat proteins (CPs) of several groups of plant viruses, indicating that RSPaV-1 ORF5 may code for the coat protein. MegAlign analysis revealed that RSPaV-1 ORF5 had 31.3% and 21.2% identities with the CPs of ASPV and PVM, respectively (Table 2). Most of the identities were found in the C terminal portion of the coat proteins (aa 142 to 245 for RSPaV-1), while the N terminal portions were quite variable in the numbers and sequences of amino acid residues. When the C terminal portion of RSPaV-1 CP was compared to the corresponding regions of ASPV and PVM, it showed 49.5% and 33.3% identities with ASPV and PVM, respectively (Table 2). In addition, the "RR/QX-XFDF" motif was found in the central region of RSPaV-1 CP (FIG. 5D). This motif is conserved in the CPs of positive strand RNA viruses with filamentous morphology and were reported to be involved in salt bridge formation (Dolja et al., "Phylogeny of Capsid Proteins of Rod-Shaped and Filamentous RNA Plant Virus: Two Families with Distinct Patterns of Sequence and Probably Structure Conservation," Virology, 184:79-86 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Therefore, it is believed that ORF5 encodes a putative coat protein.

MegAlign analysis, shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, revealed that the 3' UTR of RSPaV-1 is more similar to that of PVM than to that of ASPV. For example, in a 75 nts stretch, RSPaV-1 had 68% identity with PVM. Within this region, 21 consecutive nucleotides were identical between these two viruses. The significance of this conservation in nucleotide sequence remains to be explored. In contrast, the 5' UTR of RSPaV-1 did not reveal significant similarities with those of PVM and ASPV.

It has been have shown that an 8.7 kbp dsRNA is consistently associated with grapevines that indexed positively on St. George for RSP. Sequence analyses of the dsRNA provide evidence that a virus is involved in RSP, which has now been named RSPaV-1. The complete nucleotide sequence of RSPaV-1 was determined from overlapping cDNA clones and RT-PCR-amplified cDNA fragments generated from the dsRNA. The RSPaV-1 genome has five ORFs coding for the putative replicase (ORF1), the triple gene block (ORF2-4), and the CP (ORF5). The existence of these ORFs and their potential to code for structural and non-structural viral proteins were further supported by the identification of conserved motifs which are the signatures of various viral proteins.

This work confirms and extends the findings of Walter and Cameron ("Double-stranded RNA Isolated from Grapevines Affected by Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease," Am. J. Enology and Viticulture 42:175-79 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference), and Azzam and Gonsalves ("Detection of dsRNA in Grapevines Showing Symptoms of Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease and the Variabilities Encountered," Plant Disease 75:960-64 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference), who observed a major dsRNA species of about 8.0-8.3 kbp in RSP-infected grapevines. In addition, such work also observed a smaller dsRNA of ca. 6.6 kbp. A dsRNA of similar size was also observed here, but it was consistently detected in only Colobel 257 and Seyval. The relationship, if any, of this smaller dsRNA to RSP remains to be determined. The small dsRNA of ca. 0.359 kbp, which Monette et al. ("Double-stranded RNA from Rupestris Stem Pitting-Affected Grapevines," Vitis 28:137-44 (1989), which is hereby incorporated by reference) isolated from RSP-infected grapevines growing in tissue culture, was not observed.

Electron microscopy evidence also suggests that RSP is caused by filamentous virus(es). Tzeng et al. ("Anatomical and Tissue Culture Studies of Rupestris Stem Pitting-Affected Grapevines," Botan. Bulletin of Acad. Sinica (Taipei) 34:73-82 (1993), which is hereby incorporated by reference) observed flexuous filamentous virus aggregates in the phloem parenchyma cells of young shoots of Sylvner grapevines that had indexed positively for RSP. Monette and Godkin ("Detection of Capillovirus-like Particles in a Grapevine Affected with Rugose Wood," Vitis 34:241-42 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference) observed a filamentous virus in Sauvignon blanc infected by RSP and LNSG. The relationship of these virus particles to RSP disease remains to be studied.

Evidence suggests that the cDNA library generated from the isolated dsRNA templates is not homogeneous for only RSPaV-1. During the process of sequencing cDNA clones, several clones (e.g., RSP47-4 and RSP158) were identified with high, but not identical, sequence similarities to RSPaV-1.

RSPaV-1 has the most similarities to ASPV, which has not yet been grouped into a virus genus. Both viruses have the same genome organization and their ORFs code for putative proteins of similar sizes, except that the coat protein of ASPV is significantly larger (44 kDa) than that of RSPaV-1 (28 kDa). Comparisons of RSPaV-1 with PVM carlavirus show some similarities in genome organization except that RSPaV-1 lacks ORF6 which is located at the 3' end of PVM genome. Although the genome organization of RSPaV-1 is similar to PVX potexvirus, the latter has a much smaller putative replicase. RSPaV-1 has no relation to grape viruses whose genomes have been sequenced so far. The closest possibilities, GVA (Minafra et al., "Grapevine virus A: Nucleotide Sequence, Genome Organization, and Relationship in the Trichovirus Genus," Arch. Virology 142:417-23 (1997), which is hereby incorporated by reference) and GVB (Saldarelli et al., "The Nucleotide Sequence and Genomic Organization of Grapevine Virus B," J. General Virology 77:2645-52 (1996), which is hereby incorporated by reference), have different genome structures than RSPaV-1.

Example 16 Specific and Universal Primers and the Detection of Different Strains of RSPaV by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Among the 138 grapevine entries collected, 25 indexed negatively and 93 indexed positively for RSP on St. George, while the others were not indexed (see Tables 3-7 below). Symptoms induced by RSP on the woody cylinder of St. George after graft inoculation with chip-buds can be divided into two types. The first type is called "specific", that is, pits and/or grooves being restricted to the area on the woody cylinder below the inoculation sites. The other is called "nonspecific", that is, pits and/or grooves being present above, around, and below the inoculation sites.

                  TABLE 3                                                          ______________________________________                                                                 Index                                                    Cultivar/Accession ID St. G RT-PCR Source                                    ______________________________________                                         Almeria K3 P 661                                                                            1483-13D1  -       -      C                                         Auxerrois CL 56 658-1A2 - -a C                                                 Auxerrois CL 56 658-1A1-1A2 - - C                                              GM 32458 604-8A2-2A2 - - C                                                     GM 7117-10 1347-16A1 - -a C                                                    Italia 1186-5B1 - - C                                                          Pslanka (H) 23-10A2-2A2 - - C                                                  Ventura (V. 51061) (H) 1166-2A1 - - C                                          Verdelet (H) 1170-3C2-2S1 - - C                                                Verduzzo (V) 233A - - I                                                        Vivant (V. 63331) (H) 1166-3A1 - - C                                           Control                                                                        Sauvignon Blanc (V) AV-4 #2 - -a U                                           ______________________________________                                          Symbols:                                                                       V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; C., Canada; I., Italy;      U., USA; P., Portugal;                                                         a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b,       tested by 95F1/R1 only                                                   

                  TABLE 4                                                          ______________________________________                                                                 Index                                                    Cultivar/Accession ID St. G RT-PCR Source                                    ______________________________________                                         Aragonez (Temperanillo)                                                                     238        -       +      P                                         Albalonga 1058-4A2-2A1 - + C                                                   Cabernet Franc (V) 147A - + I                                                  Chardonnay (V) 80A - + I                                                       Ehrenfelser PM 1 (V) 1169-1A1 - + C                                            Freedom (H) PI 588370 - +a U                                                   Harslevellu P 679 1483-2B1 - + C                                               Heroldrebe 1318-2A1 - + C                                                      Malvasia Fina 340 - + P                                                        Perle of Zala 1407-5A1 - + C                                                   Refosco (V) 181A - + I                                                         San Giovese Brunello 1497-2A1 - + C                                            CL BBS 11                                                                      Touriga Francesa 313 - + P                                                   ______________________________________                                          Symbols:                                                                       V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; C., Canada; I., Italy;      U., USA; P., Portugal;                                                         a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b,       tested by 95F1/R1 only                                                   

                  TABLE 5                                                          ______________________________________                                                                 Index                                                    Cultivar/Accession ID St. G RT-PCR Source                                    ______________________________________                                         Albalonga    1058-4A2-1A2                                                                              +       +      C                                         Aminia (H) PI 588306 + + U                                                     Antao Vaz CL 245 + + P                                                         Aragonez (Temperanillo) 350 + + P                                              Auxerrois CL 56 658-1A1 + + C                                                  Badacsony-10 1407-1A1 + + C                                                    Bertille Seyve 3408 (H) GVIT 348 + +b U                                        Bertille Seyve 5563 (H) PI 181647 + +a U                                       Blauer Spatburgunder Q1378-1 + +b C                                            Blauer Zwiegelt/5BB 1240-1A1 + +a C                                            Bonbino B 9 1586-17P3 + + C                                                    Brant (H) 1078-1A1 + + C                                                       Cabernet Franc (V) 151A + + I                                                  Cabernet Sauvignon (V) 124A + + I                                              Cardinal Q390-13 + +b C                                                        Chardonnay (V) Q661-4 + +b C                                                   Chardonnay CL 116 (V) 1021-13A2 + +a C                                         Chardonnay (V) 128B + +b I                                                     Chardonnay (V) 72A + +b I                                                      Chardonnay (V) 73A + +b I                                                      Chardonnay (V) 83A + + I                                                       Chazan CL 538 1346-6A1 + +a C                                                  Chenin Blanc CL 220 1555-6A1 + + C                                             Colobel 257 (Seibel PI 588062 + +a U                                           8357) (H)                                                                      Couderc 28-112 (H) PI 588248 + +a U                                            De Chaunac S9549 (H) Q659-1 + +b C                                             Durella 3 1586-13P1 + + C                                                      Esgana cao 276 + + P                                                           Egri Csillagok-30 1407-3A1 + + C                                               Gamay Precoce 1500-2A1 + + C                                                   GM 31875 782-18A1 + +a C                                                       GM 32458 604-8A1 + + C                                                         GM 32458 782-21B1 + + C                                                        GM 6417-7 1347-7A1 + + C                                                       GM 6497-4 1347-14A1 + + C                                                      GM 7116-10 1362-4A1 + + C                                                      GM 7117-13 1347-17A2 + + C                                                     Grande Glabre (R) 279897 + +a U                                                Gyongyriziling 1407-4A1 + + C                                                  ILL 344-1 (H) GVIT 658 + +a U                                                  Joffre (Kuhlmann GVIT 381 + +a U                                               187-1) (H)                                                                     Koret (H) Q1179-7 + +b C                                                       Malvasia (V) 153A + + I                                                        Malvasia (V) 161A + + T                                                        Merlot CL 447 (V) 1236-17A1 + + C                                              Moureto 87 + + P                                                               Moureto 96 + + P                                                               Muscat De Hambourg 1346-5A1 + + C                                              CL 202                                                                         Perle of Csaba Q806-1 + +b C                                                   Pinot Chardonnay 949-3A2 + +a C                                                CL 76 (V)                                                                      Pinot Chardonnay 949-8B1 + + C                                                 CL 277 (V)                                                                     Pinot Grigio (V) 104A + +b I                                                   Pinot Grigio (V) 108A + +b T                                                   Pinot Grigio (V) 114A + + I                                                    Pollux B6-18 1357-4A1 + + C                                                    Pslanka (H) 23-10A2 + + C                                                      Ravat 34 PI 588247 + +a U                                                      Refosco (V) 199A + +? I                                                        Refosco (V) 195A + + I                                                         Riesling CL 49 (V) 1555-2A1 + +a C                                             San Giovese Brunello 1497-3B1 + + C                                            CL E BS 4                                                                      Schew-Rebe 778-6A1 + +a C                                                      Semillon CL 299 (V) 1555-7A1 + +a C                                            Seyval Blanc PI 588309 + +a U                                                  (Seyve Villard 5-276)                                                          (H)                                                                            Seyve Villard 14-287 (H) PI 588246 + +a U                                      Seyve Villard 3160 (H) PI 181630 + +a U                                        Titan Q1235-1 + +b C                                                           Verdelet (H) PI 186260 + +a U                                                  Verdelho 274 + + P                                                             Verduzzo (V) 222A + +b I                                                       Verduzzo (V) 226A + +b I                                                       Verduzzo (V) 239A + + I                                                        Vidal Blanc 1200-5A1 + +a C                                                    Weiser Burgunder Q782-40 + +b C                                                3309 C 330-4A1 + + C                                                           420 A 1483-4A1 + + C                                                           7542 Q1386-1 + +b C                                                            Pinot Noir (V) 1186-9A2 + +a C                                                 Thompson Seedless (V) RSP105 + +a U                                          ______________________________________                                          Symbols:                                                                       V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; C., Canada; I., Italy;      U., USA; P., Portugal;                                                         a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b,       tested by 95F1/R1 only.                                                  

                  TABLE 6                                                          ______________________________________                                                                 Index                                                    Cultivar/Accession ID St. G RT-PCR Source                                    ______________________________________                                         Aligote      Q637-2B2   +       -b     C                                         Aragonez (Temperanillo) 232 + - P                                              Canandaigua (H) GVIT 566 + -a U                                                Challenger (H) Q1338-1 + -b C                                                  Fercal CL 242 1551-4A1 + -a C                                                  GM 7746-6 1362-6A1 + - C                                                       Gravesac CL 264 1551-3A1 + -a C                                                Honey Red 1339-6A1 + - C                                                       Kee-Wah-Din (R) 1278-1A1 + - C                                                 Periquita 72 + - P                                                             Tajoznyt Izumrud (H) Q2-2 + -b C                                               Thurling 1047-4A2-1A2 + - C                                                    Verdelet 1170-3D2-2A1 + - C                                                    5BB CL 114 1236-2A1 + - C                                                      Alphonse Lavalle  NI + I                                                       Ancellotta  NI + I                                                             Chardonnay (V) 127 NI + I                                                      Kober 5BB? 100 NI + I                                                          Moscato d'Adda 7 NI + I                                                        Periquita 624 NI + P                                                           Periquita 633 NI + P                                                           Riesling (V) 3 NI + I                                                          Seyval (H) Peterson NI + U                                                     Terrano 1/1/3/K NI + I                                                         Thurling 1047-4A2-2A1 NI - C                                                   Tocai Rosso 19 1586-21P4 NI + C                                                Trebbiano Toscano 67 NI - I                                                    Vidal Peterson NI + U                                                        ______________________________________                                          Symbols:                                                                       V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; NI, not indexed; C.,        Canada; I., Italy; U., USA; P., Portugal;                                      a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b,       tested by 95F1/R1 only                                                   

                  TABLE 7                                                          ______________________________________                                         Cultivar/Accession                                                                        ID       Index St. G RT-PCR Source                                  ______________________________________                                         V. acerifolia                                                                             PI 588448                                                                               NI          -      U                                         V. acerifolia PI 588449 NI - U                                                 V. cinerea PI 588446 NI - U                                                    V. monticola PI 588454 NI - U                                                  V. riparia PI 495622 NI - U                                                    V. sp. yenshanesis PI 588421 NI - U                                          ______________________________________                                          Symbols:                                                                       V., Vitis vinefera; R., Vitis riparia; H., hybrid; NI, not indexed; C.,        Canada; I., Italy; U., USA; P., Portugal;                                      a, tested by RSP149F1/R1 and 95F1/R1 and results agree to each other; b,       tested by 95F1/R1 only                                                   

Among the 93 RSP-infected grapevines, 79 (85%) produced cDNA fragments of expected sizes in repeated RT-PCR using RSP149F1/R1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 49 and 50) and/or RSP95F1/R1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 47 and 48), while the other 14 were negative (see Tables 5 and 6). Interestingly, 12 of 14 (85.7%) grapevine accessions which were not indexed for RSP also produced cDNA fragments of expected size in RT-PCR (see Table 6). Sauvignon blanc (healthy control) was negative in repeated RT-PCR (see Table 3).

Results of RT-PCR for grapevines indexed negatively for RSP were surprising (see Tables 3 and 4). While 11 were negative in RT-PCR tests (excluding Sauvignon blanc healthy control), the other 13 produced cDNA fragments of expected sizes.

Since RSPaV-1 was detected not only from grapevines which indexed positively for RSP but also from some of the grapevines indexed negatively for RSP, a search for more healthy materials for RT-PCR tests became necessary. As the majority of plant viruses do not pass on through seeds, grapevine seedlings are probably free of RSPaV-1. Based on this assumption, six seedlings from five Vitis species were included in RT-PCR (see Table 7). None of them produce cDNA of expected size in RT-PCR using RSP149R1/F1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 49 and 50).

The data described above (and shown in Tables 3-7) indicate that RSPaV-1 is closely associated with RSP and that it is likely the causal agent of RSP. RT-PCR detected RSPaV-1 specific sequences from most of the RSP-infected grapevines collected from a wide range of viticultural regions of the world. Among the 93 grapevine accessions indexed positively for RSP on St. George, 85% were positive in RT-PCR (see Table 5). The data also suggests that RT-PCR has the potential to be used as a standard method for diagnosing RSP. This method is advantageous over the biological indexing on indicator St. George, because it is simpler, quicker, and more sensitive.

RT-PCR did not detect RSPaV-1 sequences from 14 of the grapevine accessions indexed positively for RSP (see Table 6). The discrepancy between RT-PCR and indicator indexing can be attributed to the existence in grapevines of different viruses or strains of the same virus which may all induce similar pitting and/or grooving symptoms on St. George upon graft-inoculation. It is believed these agents are only slightly different from RSPaV-1 at the level of their nucleotide sequences, but significant enough to hinder them from being detected by RT-PCR using RSPaV-1 specific primers.

It is likely that many RSPaV strains have genomes with nucleotide sequences that are highly similar to the nucleotide sequence of the RSPaV-1 genome. Evidence that supports this hypothesis includes the finding of a highly conserved region of ca. 600 bps among the nucleotide sequences of RSPaV-1 (type strain) and seven other cDNA clones, as shown in FIG. 9. The nucleotide sequence identities of these strains to RSPaV-1 (type strain) range from 83.6% to 98.4%. If oligonucleotides are chosen which are conserved among all these strains (i.e., with one or only a few mismatches), then the oligonucleotides should function as universal primers, allowing all of the strains to be detected by RT-PCR. Based on this theory, a primer pair (BM98-3F/BM98-3R) can be designed to amplify a DNA fragment of 320 bps from all these clones. BM98-3F has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 51 as follows:

    GATGAGGTCCAGTTGTTTCC           20                                         

BM98-3R has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 52 as follows:

    ATCCAAAGGACCTTTTGACC           20                                         

Primers BM98-3F/BM98-3R can be used in RT-PCR to test further some of the grapevine samples which were negative for RSPaV in RT-PCR using RSP95F1/RSP95R1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 47 and 48, respectively) or RSP149F1/RSP149R1 primers (SEQ. ID. Nos. 49 and 50, respectively). Results show that 6 of the 9 samples included were positive for RSPaV in RT-PCR using BM98-3F/BM98-3R primers. This indicates that these universal primers can be used to achieve even higher detection rates.

Another pair of primers (BM98-1F/BM98-1R) can be designed in a way that they can amplify DNA of 760 bps from RSPaV-1, RSP47-4, and RSP158. BM98-1F has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 53 as follows:

    CTTGATGAGTACTTGTC              17                                         

BM98-1R has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to SEQ. ID. No. 54 as follows:

    GCAAGGATTTGGATGGC              17                                         

Other "universal primers" can be designed manually or with computer programs (such as PrimerSelect) in the same way so that they contain conserved regions of nucleotide sequences for different strains of RSPaV-1.

RT-PCR detected RSPaV-1 sequences from 54% of grapevines negative for RSP as judged by indexing on St. George (see Tables 3 and 4). Several possibilities may account for this discrepancy. First, RT-PCR is much more sensitive than indicator indexing. Virus(es) of extremely low concentration may not induce visible symptoms on St. George within the standard indexing period, while they can be detected by RT-PCR. Second, judging indexing results can, in some cases, be very subjective. For example, it is very difficult to reach a conclusion on whether a grapevine is infected with RSP when only one or a few small pits are present on the woody cylinder of St. George. Third, uneven distribution of virus(es) within grapevines and the relatively limited number of replicates of St. George indicators may result in the failure to detect RSP-infection.

RSP seems to be widespread in different types of grapevines including V. vinifera, hybrids, V. riparia, and rootstocks. It occurs in a wide range of geographic regions including North America, Europe, Australia, and possibly many other countries as well. Testing grapevines from other areas of the world using RSPaV-1 specific primers will provide definitive information on the exact distribution of RSP throughout the world. It is also interesting to investigate whether RSP is transmitted by any vectors in nature.

RSP is a disease under quarantine in Washington and New York of the USA. Since this work and the work of others (Golino and Butler, "A Preliminary Analysis of Grapevine Indexing Records at Davis, Calif.," in Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of the ICVG, pp. 369-72, Rumbos et al., eds., Volos, Greece (1990); Azzam and Gonsalves, "Detection of dsRNA in Grapevines Showing Symptoms of Rupestris Stem Pitting Disease and the Variabilities Encountered," Plant Disease, 75:96-964 (1991); Garau, "Kober Stem Grooving and Grapevine Virus A: A Possible Relationship," in Extended Abstracts of the 11th Meeting of the International Council for the Study of Viruses and Virus Diseases of the Grapevine, p. 54, Montreux, Switzerland (1993); Credi, "Characterization of Grapevine Rugose Wood Sources from Italy," Plant Disease, 82:1288-92 (1997), all of which are hereby incorporated by reference) showed that RSP is so wide-spread, it is questionable whether or not RSP should be kept under plant quarantine any longer. The devlopment and advance of rapid diagnostic methods will also allow us to investigate on the economic damage caused by RSP.

According to Goheen ("Rupestris Stem Pitting," in Compendium of Grape Diseases, p. 53, Pearson and Goheen, eds., American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference), RSP is a disease which induces, after graft-inoculation with a chip bud from an infected grapevine, a row of small pits on the woody cylinder of St. George below the point of inoculation. This definition may not be comprehensive. Indexing record indicated that two types of stem pitting (specific vs. nonspecific) were often observed on the woody cylinder of St. George upon graft inoculation with chip buds. For example, among 16 RSP-positive grapevines collected from Canada in 1995, eight developed specific type symptoms, while the others produced nonspecific symptoms. Credi ("Characterization of Grapevine Rugose Wood Sources from Italy," Plant Disease, 82:1288-92 (1997), which is hereby incorporated by reference) also observed these two types of stem pitting in his indexing work. However, from the primers used in RT-PCR, as described above, RSPaV-1 was detected in grapevines showing both types of symptoms on St. George.

Thus, RT-PCR detected RSPaV-1 sequences from a wide range of grapevines collected from a number of major grapevine growing countries. The data clearly suggest that RSPaV-1 is closely associated with Rupestris stem pitting of grapevines and that it is likely the causal virus of RSP. Use of "universal" primers which can detect multiple agents which are highly similar to RSPaV-1 in nucleotide sequences would improve the detection rate by RT-PCR. In addition, antibodies produced against bacteria-expressed coat proteins of RSPaV-1 will help in finding the viral particles from RSP infected grapevines and in rapid detection of RSP.

Example 17 Southern Hybridization

To confirm the specificity of the RT-PCR products to RSPaV-1, Southern blot hybridization was conducted using 32P labeled probe specific to RSPaV-1. As shown in FIG. 7, the Southern blot hybridization confirmed the results of the RT-PCR in each of the tested samples. Specifically, cDNA fragments amplified by RT-PCR from 16 selected RT-PCR positive samples hybridized with the probe.

Example 18 Constructing Expression Systems, Expression of a Fusion Protein Containing the RSPaV-1 Coat Protein, Production of Antibodies Against the Fusion Protein and Their Use in Detecting RSPaV-1 from Grapevines

The coat protein gene (SEQ. ID. No. 10) of RSPaV-1 was cloned into the EcoRI and HindIII sites of the polylinker region of a protein expression vector pMAL-c2 which, upon induction by inducer IPTG, produces a fusion protein containing maltose binding protein (MBP) and the coat protein of RSPaV-1. The fusion protein of expected size (ca. 71 KDa) was produced in E. coli bacteria after induction with IPTG. This fusion protein was purified through affinity chromatography using an amylose column. Purified fusion protein was used as an antigen to immunize a rabbit (by subcutaneous injection along the back) with the following scheme:

first injection, 400 μg fusion protein in 0.5 ml column buffer with Freund's complete adjuvant;

second injection, 100 μg of protein in 0.5 ml column buffer with Freund's incomplete adjuvant; and

third injection, 100 μg of protein in 0.5 ml buffer with Freund's incomplete adjuvant.

Blood containing the antibodies was collected 70 days after the first injection. The antibodies were recovered and successfully used in an enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay to detect the presence of virus particles (i.e., coat protein) of RSPaV-1 from a variety of tissue types of grapevines infected with RSP.

The antibodies produced against the expressed RSPaV-1 coat protein, therefore, are useful in the identification of the particles associated with RSP disease of grapevines, in the purification of the particles of RSPaV-1, and in the development of a serological diagnosis for RSP in grapevine. The use of the antibodies is suitable for detecting different strains of RSPaV-1. Because the coat proteins for strains RSP47-4 and RSP158 have high amino acid identities with the coat protein of RSPaV-1, it is very likely that the antibodies raised against RSPaV-1 coat protein will also detect other strains. Antibodies can be used in an ELISA to assay rapidly a large number of samples, thus making commercial development and utilization of diagnostic kits possible.

Example 19 Transformation of Grapevines with a Vector Containing RSPaV-1 Coat Protein Gene and Analysis of Transgenic Grapevines for Resistance to RSP

The DNA molecule coding for the RSPaV-1 coat protein (e.g., SEQ. ID. No. 10) was cloned into a pEPT8 plant expression vector that contains the double 35S enhancer at restriction sites SalI and BamHI. The resulting recombinant plasmid, designated pEPT8/RSPaV-1 coat protein, was then cloned into the plant transformation vector pGA482G, which has resistance genes to gentamycin and tetracycline as selection markers. The resultant pGA482G containing pEPT8/RSPaV-1CP was used to transform grapevines using the Agrobacterium method.

The rootstock Vitis rupestris Scheele St. George was used in genetic transformation. Anthers were excised aseptically from flower buds. The pollen was crushed on a microscope slide with acetocarmine to observe the cytological stage (Bouquet et al., "Influence du Gentype sur la Production de cals: Dembryoides et Plantes Entieres par Culture Danthers in vitro dans le Genre Vitis," C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris III 295:560-74 (1982), which is hereby incorporated by reference). This was done to determine which stage was most favorable for callus induction.

Anthers were plated under aseptic condition at a density of 40 to 50 per 9 cm diameter Petri dish containing MSE. Plates were cultured at 28° C. in the dark. After 60 days, embryos were induced and transferred to hormone-free medium (HMG) for differentiation. Torpedo stage embryos were transferred to MGC medium to promote embryo germination. Cultures were maintained in the dark at 26-28° C. and transferred to fresh medium at 3-4 week intervals. Elongated embryos were transferred to rooting medium (5-8 embryos per jar). The embryos were grown in a tissue culture room at 25° C. with a daily 16 h photoperiod (76 μmol. s) to induce shoot and root formation. After plants developed roots, they were transplanted to soil in the greenhouse.

The protocols used for transformation were modified from those described by Scorza et al., "Transformation of Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) Zygotic-Derived Somatic Embryos and Regeneration of Transgenic Plants," Plant Cell Rpt. 14:589-92 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference. Overnight cultures of Agrobacterium strain C58Z707 or LBA4404 were grown in LB medium at 28° C. in a shaking incubator. Bacteria were centrifuged for 5 minutes at 3000-5000 rpm and re-suspended in MS liquid medium (OD 1.0 at A600 nm). Calli with embryos were immersed in the bacterial suspension for 15-30 minutes, blotted dry, and transferred to HMG medium with or without acetosyringone (100 μM). Embryogenic calli were co-cultivated with the bacteria for 48 h in the dark at 28° C. The plant material was then washed in MS liquid plus cefotaxime (300 mg/ml) and carbenicillin (200 mg/ml) 2-3 times. To select transgenic embryos, the material was transferred to HMG medium containing either 20 or 40 mg/L kanamycin, 300 mg/L cefotaxime, and 200 mg/L carbenicillin. Alternatively, after co-cultivation, embryogenic calli were transferred to initiation MSE medium containing 25 mg/l kanamycin plus the same antibiotics listed above. All plant materials were incubated in continuous darkness at 28° C. After growth on selection medium for 3 months, embryos were transferred to HMG or MGC without kanamycin to promote elongation of embryos. They were then transferred to rooting medium without antibiotics. Non-transformed calli were grown on the same media with and without kanamycin to verify the efficiency of the kanamycin selection process.

The X-gluc (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoyl-β-glucuronidase) histochemical assay was used to detect GUS (β-glucuronidase) activity in embryos and plants that were transformed with constructs containing the GUS gene that survived kanamycin selection. All propagated plants were screened using an enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) system (5 Prime-3 Prime, Boulder, Colo.) to detect the NPTII (neomycin phosphotransferase II) protein in leaf extracts. ELISA tests with respective coat protein (CP)-specific antibodies were used to assay for CP. ELISA results were read on an SLT Spectra ELISA reader (Tecan U.S. Inc., Research Triangle Park, N.C.) 15-60 minutes after the substrate was added.

PCR analysis was carried out to detect the presence of transgene sequences in grape plants. Genomic DNA was isolated from transformed and non-transformed grape plants according to the method of Lodhi et al., "A Simple and Efficient Method for DNA Extraction from Grapevine Cultivars and Vitis Species," Plant Mol. Biol. Rpt. 12:6-13 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference. Primer sets included those of specific primers to the transgene. DNA was initially denatured at 94° C. for 3 minutes, then amplified by 35 cycles of 1 minute at 94° C. (denaturing), 1 minute at 52° C. (annealing), and 2 minutes at 72° C. (polymerizing). Reaction samples were directly loaded and electrophoresed in 1.5% agarose gels.

Southern analysis of transformants was accomplished by extracting genomic DNA from young leaves of transformed and non-transformed plants (3309C) as described above. DNA (10 μg) was digested with the restriction enzyme Bgl II, electrophoresed on a 0.8% agarose gel in TAE buffer and transferred to a Genescreen Plus membrane by capillary in 10× SSC. A probe was prepared by random primer labeling of a PCR amplified gene coding sequence with radioisotope ³² P-dATP (Dupont, NEN). Pre-hybridization and hybridization steps were carried out at 65° C. following the manufacturer's instruction. The autoradiograph was developed after overnight exposure.

Although the invention has been described in detail for the purposes of illustration, it is understood that such detail is solely for that purpose, and variations can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention which is defined by the following claims.

    __________________________________________________________________________     #             SEQUENCE LISTING                                                    - -  - - (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:                                              - -    (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 54                                           - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 8743 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:                                - - CGATAAACAT AACAACAGAA TCTGCATTGC AGTAATATTC CTTGAATATA AT -             #TGCAACGC     60                                                                  - - AATGGCCCTC TCTTATAGGC CTGCTGTTGA AGAGGTGCTC GCAAAATTCA CC -             #TCTGATGA    120                                                                  - - ACAATCCAGG GTTTCTGCTA CAGCTCTCAA GGCATTAGTA GACTTAGAGG AA -             #AGTCAGCA    180                                                                  - - CAATTTGTTC TCTTTCGCAT TGCCTGATAG AAGCAAAGAA AGGCTGATAT CT -             #TCTGGCAT    240                                                                  - - TTACTTAAGT CCTTACAGTT TCAGACCCCA CTCACATCCA GTTTGTAAAA CT -             #TTAGAAAA    300                                                                  - - TCACATTTTG TACAATGTTT TACCTAGTTA TGTTAATAAT TCATTTTACT TT -             #GTAGGAAT    360                                                                  - - CAAGGATTTT AAGCTGCAGT TCTTGAAAAG GAGGAATAAG GATCTCAGCT TG -             #GTAGCACT    420                                                                  - - CATAAATAGG TTTGTGACAA GTCGTGATGT TAGTAGGTAT GGGTCTGAGT TC -             #GTTATAAG    480                                                                  - - TTCTAGTGAC AAATCAAGTC AGGTTGTCAG TAGAAAGGGC ATTGGTGATT CT -             #AACACACT    540                                                                  - - CCGGAGATTG GTCCCACGTG TAATTTCCAC AGGTGCCAGG AATCTTTTTC TG -             #CATGATGA    600                                                                  - - GATTCACTAC TGGTCAATTA GTGATCTGAT CAATTTTTTG GACGTTGCCA AG -             #CCAAGCAT    660                                                                  - - GCTCTTGGCA ACTGCAGTAA TCCCTCCAGA AGTGCTGGTT GGCTCTCCAG AG -             #AGTCTTAA    720                                                                  - - CCCTTGGGCC TACCAGTATA AAATCAATGG CAACCAACTG CTCTTCGCAC CA -             #GATGGCAA    780                                                                  - - CTGGAATGAG ATGTACTCAC AACCTTTGTC ATGCAGATAC CTGCTCAAGG CC -             #AGATCTGT    840                                                                  - - AGTTCTGCCC GATGGCTCAC GCTACTCGGT TGACATCATT CACTCAAAAT TT -             #AGTCACCA    900                                                                  - - CTTGCTTAGT TTCACCCCTA TGGGTAATCT TTTGACTTCA AACATGCGAT GT -             #TTTTCTGG    960                                                                  - - CTTCGATGCA ATAGGCATAA AAGATCTTGA ACCTCTAAGC CGCGGCATGC AC -             #AGTTGCTT   1020                                                                  - - CCCAGTACAT CATGATGTTG TAACTAAGAT ATATCTTTAT TTGAGAACTC TC -             #AAGAAGCC   1080                                                                  - - AGATAAGGAG TCTGCCGAGG CAAAGCTTCG ACAACTCATA GAAAAACCCA CA -             #GGGAGGGA   1140                                                                  - - GATAAAGTTT ATCGAGGATT TTTCCTCACT AGTAATAAAT TGTGGGAGGA GT -             #GGCTCTTT   1200                                                                  - - GCTTATGCCC AACATTTCTA AGTTGGTCAT ATCATTCTTT TGCCGGATGA TG -             #CCAAATGC   1260                                                                  - - ACTCGCCAGG CTCTCTTCTA GCTTTCGAGA GTGTTCGCTA GATTCATTTG TG -             #TACTCACT   1320                                                                  - - TGAGCCCTTT AATTTTTCCG TTAATTTAGT GGATATAACT CCTGATTTCT TT -             #GAGCATTT   1380                                                                  - - ATTTCTCTTC TCCTGCCTAA ATGAGTTGAT CGAGGAGGAC GTTGAAGAGG TC -             #ATGGACAA   1440                                                                  - - TTCTTGGTTT GGACTTGGGG ACTTACAATT CAATCGCCAG AGGGCCCCGT TC -             #TTTCTTGG   1500                                                                  - - GTCTTCATAT TGGCTCAACT CCAAATTTTC AGTTGAGCAC AAGTTTTCAG GC -             #ACCATCAA   1560                                                                  - - TTCTCAAATC ATGCAAGTTA TTTTATCTTT GATCCCATTT TCTGATGATC CC -             #ACTTTTAG   1620                                                                  - - GCCATCTTCT ACAGAGGTTA ACCTTGCACT ATCAGAGGTT AAGGCTGCGC TA -             #GAAGCTAC   1680                                                                  - - TGGGCAGTCA AAATTGTTCA GGTTTTTGGT GGACGACTGT GCTATGCGTG AG -             #GTTAGAAG   1740                                                                  - - TTCCTATAAG GTGGGCCTTT TTAAGCACAT AAAAGCCCTC ACTCATTGCT TT -             #AATTCTTG   1800                                                                  - - TGGCCTCCAA TGGTTCCTCC TTAGGCAAAG GTCCAACCTC AAATTTCTGA AG -             #GACAGGGC   1860                                                                  - - ATCGTCCTTT GCTGATCTTG ATTGTGAGGT TATCAAAGTT TATCAGCTTG TA -             #ACATCACA   1920                                                                  - - GGCAATACTT CCTGAGGCTC TGCTTAGCTT GACCAAAGTC TTTGTCAGGG AT -             #TCTGACTC   1980                                                                  - - AAAGGGTGTT TCCATTCCCA GATTGGTCTC GAGAAATGAG CTAGAGGAAC TA -             #GCTCACCC   2040                                                                  - - AGCTAATTCA GCCCTTGAGG AGCCTCAATC AGTTGATTGT AATGCAGGCA GG -             #GTTCAAGC   2100                                                                  - - AAGCGTTTCA AGTTCCCAGC AGCTTGCCGA CACCCACTCT CTTGGTAGCG TT -             #AAGTCATC   2160                                                                  - - AATTGAGACA GCTAACAAGG CTTTTAACTT GGAGGAGCTA AGGATCATGA TT -             #AGAGTCTT   2220                                                                  - - GCCGGAGGAT TTTAACTGGG TGGCGAAGAA CATTGGTTTT AAAGACAGGC TG -             #AGAGGCAG   2280                                                                  - - GGGTGCATCA TTCTTCTCAA AACCAGGAAT TTCATGTCAT AGTTACAATG GT -             #GGGAGCCA   2340                                                                  - - CACAAGCTTA GGGTGGCCAA AGTTCATGGA TCAGATTCTA AGCTCCACTG GT -             #GGACGTAA   2400                                                                  - - TTACTACAAT TCATGCCTGG CTCAGATCTA TGAGGAAAAT TCAAAATTGG CT -             #CTTCATAA   2460                                                                  - - GGATGATGAG AGTTGCTATG AAATTGGGCA CAAAGTTTTG ACTGTTAATT TA -             #ATCGGCTC   2520                                                                  - - AGCAACTTTC ACTATTAGTA AGTCGCGAAA TTTGGTTGGG GGTAATCATT GC -             #AGCCTGAC   2580                                                                  - - AATTGGGCCA AATGAGTTTT TCGAAATGCC TAGGGGCATG CAATGCAATT AC -             #TTCCATGG   2640                                                                  - - GGTTTCCAAT TGTACGCCAG GGCGGGTATC GCTGACCTTT AGGCGCCAAA AG -             #TTGGAAGA   2700                                                                  - - TGATGATTTG ATCTTCATAA ATCCACAGGT GCCCATTGAG CTCAATCATG AA -             #AAGCTTGA   2760                                                                  - - CCGAAGTATG TGGCAGATGG GCCTTCATGG AATTAAGAAA TCTATTTCTA TG -             #AATGGCAC   2820                                                                  - - GAGTTTTACC TCAGACCTAT GCTCTTGTTT CTCTTGCCAC AACTTTCATA AA -             #TTCAAGGA   2880                                                                  - - TCTCATCAAT AACTTGAGAT TGGCCCTAGG AGCACAAGGG CTAGGTCAGT GT -             #GACAGGGT   2940                                                                  - - TGTGTTTGCA ACAACAGGTC CTGGTCTATC TAAGGTTTTA GAAATGCCTC GG -             #AGCAAAAA   3000                                                                  - - GCAATCAATT TTGGTTCTTG AAGGTGCCCT ATCCATAGAA ACAGATTATG GT -             #CCAAAAGT   3060                                                                  - - CCTGGGGTCT TTTGAAGTTT TCAAAGGGGA CTTTCACATT AAGAAGATGG AG -             #GAAGGTTC   3120                                                                  - - AATTTTTGTA ATAACGTACA AGGCCCCAAT TAGATCCACT GGCAGGTTGA GG -             #GTTCACAG   3180                                                                  - - TTCAGAATGC TCATTTTCCG GATCCAAAGA GGTATTGCTA GGCTGCCAGA TT -             #GAGGCATG   3240                                                                  - - TGCTGATTAT GATATTGATG ATTTTAACAC TTTCTCTGTG CCTGGTGATG GC -             #AATTGCTT   3300                                                                  - - TTGGCATTCT GTTGGTTTTT TACTTAGCAC TGATGGACTT GCCCTAAAGG CC -             #GGTATTCG   3360                                                                  - - ATCTTTCGTG GAGAGTGAGC GCTTGGTAAG TCCAGATCTT TCAGCCCCAG CA -             #ATTTCTAA   3420                                                                  - - ACAATTGGAA GAGAATGCTT ATGCCGAGAA TGAGATGATC GCATTATTCT GC -             #ATTCGGCA   3480                                                                  - - CCACGTAAGG CCTATAGTGA TCACACCAGA ATATGAAGTT AGTTGGAAAT TC -             #GGGGAAGG   3540                                                                  - - TGAGTGGCCC CTATGTGGAA TTCTTTGCCT TAAATCAAAT CACTTCCAAC CA -             #TGCGCCCC   3600                                                                  - - ACTGAATGGT TGCATGATCA CAGCCATTGC TTCAGCACTT GGAAGGCGTG AA -             #GTTGATGT   3660                                                                  - - GTTAAATTAT CTGTGTAGAC CCAGCACTAA TCATATTTTT GAGGAGCTTT GT -             #CAGGGAGG   3720                                                                  - - GGGCCTTAAC ATGATGTATT TAGCTGAAGC TTTTGAGGCC TTTGACATTT GC -             #GCTAAATG   3780                                                                  - - TGATATAAAT GGAGAGATTG AAGTGATTAA TCCGTGTGGT AAAATTTCTG CA -             #TTGTTTGA   3840                                                                  - - CATAACTAAT GAGCACATAA GGCATGTTGA GAAAATAGGT AATGGCCCTC AG -             #AGCATAAA   3900                                                                  - - AGTGGATGAA TTGCGGAAGG TCAAGCGATC CGCCCTCGAT TTCCTTTCAA TG -             #AATGGGTC   3960                                                                  - - TAAAATAACC TACTTCCCAA GCTTTGAGCG GGCTGAAAAG TTGCAAGGAT GT -             #TTGCTAGG   4020                                                                  - - GGGCCTAACT GGCGTTATAA GTGATGAGAA GTTCAGTGAT GCAAAACCTT GG -             #CTTTCTGG   4080                                                                  - - TATATCTACT ACTGATATTA AGCCAAGGGA ATTGACTGTC GTGCTTGGTA CA -             #TTTGGGGC   4140                                                                  - - TGGGAAGAGT TTCTTGTACA AGAGTTTCAT GAAAAGGTCT GAGGGTAAAT TC -             #GTAACCTT   4200                                                                  - - TGTTTCTCCC AGACGTGCTT TAGCAAATTC AATCAAAAAT GATCTTGAAA TG -             #GATGATAG   4260                                                                  - - CTGCAAAGTT GCTAAAGCAG GTAGGTCAAA GAAGGAAGGG TGGGATGTAG TA -             #ACTTTTGA   4320                                                                  - - GGTTTTCCTT AGAAAAGTTG CAGGATTGAA GGCTGGCCAC TGTGTGATTT TT -             #GATGAGGT   4380                                                                  - - CCAGTTGTTT CCTCCTGGAT ACATCGATCT ATGCTTGCTT ATTATACGTA GT -             #GATGCTTT   4440                                                                  - - CATTTCACTT GCTGGTGATC CATGTCAAAG CACATATGAC TCGCAAAAGG AT -             #CGGGCAAT   4500                                                                  - - TTTGGGCGCT GAGCAGAGTG ACATACTTAG ACTGCTTGAG GGCAAAACGT AT -             #AGGTATAA   4560                                                                  - - CATAGAAAGC AGGAGGTTTG TGAACCCAAT GTTCGAATCA AGACTGCCAT GT -             #CACTTCAA   4620                                                                  - - AAAGGGCTCG ATGACTGCCG CTTTCGCTGA TTATGCAATC TTCCATAATA TG -             #CATGACTT   4680                                                                  - - TCTCCTGGCG AGGTCAAAAG GTCCCTTGGA TGCCGTTTTG GTTTCCAGTT TT -             #GAGGAGAA   4740                                                                  - - AAAGATAGTC CAGTCCTACT TTGGAATGAA ACAGCTCACA CTCACATTTG GT -             #GAATCAAC   4800                                                                  - - TGGGTTGAAT TTCAAAAATG GGGGAATTCT CATATCACAT GATTCCTTTC AC -             #ACAGATGA   4860                                                                  - - TCGGCGGTGG CTTACTGCTT TATCTCGCTT CAGCCACAAT TTGGATTTGG TG -             #AACATCAC   4920                                                                  - - AGGTCTGAGG GTGGAAAGTT TTCTCTCGCA CTTTGCTGGC AAACCCCTCT AC -             #CATTTTTT   4980                                                                  - - AACAGCCAAA AGTGGGGAGA ATGTCATACG AGATTTGCTC CCAGGTGAGC CT -             #AACTTCTT   5040                                                                  - - CAGTGGCTTT AACGTTAGCA TTGGAAAGAA TGAAGGTGTT AGGGAGGAGA AG -             #TTATGTGG   5100                                                                  - - TGACCCATGG TTAAAAGTTA TGCTTTTCCT GGGTCAAGAT GAGGATTGTG AA -             #GTTGAAGA   5160                                                                  - - GATGGAGTCA GAATGCTCAA ATGAAGAATG GTTTAAAACC CACATCCCCT TG -             #AGTAATCT   5220                                                                  - - GGAGTCAACC AGGGCCAGGT GGGTGGGTAA AATGGCCTTG AAAGAGTATC GG -             #GAGGTGCG   5280                                                                  - - TTGTGGTTAT GAAATGACTC AACAATTCTT TGATGAGCAT AGGGGTGGAA CT -             #GGTGAGCA   5340                                                                  - - ACTGAGCAAT GCATGTGAGA GGTTTGAAAG CATTTACCCA AGGCATAAAG GA -             #AATGATTC   5400                                                                  - - AATAACCTTC CTCATGGCTG TCCGAAAGCG TCTCAAATTT TCGAAGCCCC AG -             #GTTGAAGC   5460                                                                  - - TGCCAAACTG AGGCGGGCCA AACCATATGG GAAATTCTTA TTAGATTCTT TC -             #CTATCCAA   5520                                                                  - - AATCCCATTG AAAGCCAGTC ATAATTCCAT CATGTTTCAT GAAGCGGTAC AG -             #GAGTTTGA   5580                                                                  - - GGCGAAGAAG GCTAGTAAGA GTGCAGCAAC TATAGAGAAT CATGCAGGTA GG -             #TCATGCAG   5640                                                                  - - GGATTGGTTA TTAGATGTTG CTCTGATTTT TATGAAGTCA CAACACTGTA CT -             #AAATTTGA   5700                                                                  - - CAACAGGCTT AGAGTAGCTA AAGCTGGGCA AACCCTTGCT TGCTTCCAAC AT -             #GCTGTTCT   5760                                                                  - - GGTTCGCTTT GCACCCTATA TGAGATACAT TGAGAAAAAG CTAATGCAAG CT -             #CTGAAGCC   5820                                                                  - - TAACTTCTAC ATCCATTCAG GGAAAGGTCT GACGAGCTGA ACGAGTGGGT CA -             #GAACTAGA   5880                                                                  - - GGATTCACTG GAATTTGCAC AGAATCAGAC TACGAAGCCT TTGATGCTTC CC -             #AAGACCAC   5940                                                                  - - TTCATCCTAG CATTCGAATT GCAGATAATG AAATTTTTGG GGTTACCTGA AG -             #ATTTAATT   6000                                                                  - - TTGGACTATG AATTCATAAA AATTCATTTG GGATCAAAGC TCGGATCATT CT -             #CTATAATG   6060                                                                  - - AGGTTTACTG GGGAGGCCAG CACATTTCTG TTTAACACTA TGGCTAACAT GT -             #TGTTCACC   6120                                                                  - - TTTCTGAGGT ACGAACTAAC AGGCTCTGAG TCAATAGCAT TTGCAGGTGA TG -             #ACATGTGT   6180                                                                  - - GCTAATCGAA GGTTGCGGCT TAAAACAGAG CATGAGGGTT TTCTGAACAT GA -             #TTTGCCTT   6240                                                                  - - AAGGCCAAGG TTCAGTTTGT TTCCAATCCC ACATTCTGCG GATGGTGTTT AT -             #TTAAGGAA   6300                                                                  - - GGGATCTTCA AGAAGCCTCA ATTAATCTGG GAGCGGATAT GCATTGCTAG GG -             #AGATGGGC   6360                                                                  - - AACCTGGAGA ATTGTATTGA CAATTATGCG ATAGAGGTCT CCTATGCATA CC -             #GACTGGGA   6420                                                                  - - GAGCTAGCCA TTGAAATGAT GACCGAGGAA GAAGTGGAGG CCCATTATAA TT -             #GTGTTAGA   6480                                                                  - - TTCTTGGTCA GGAACAAGCA TAAGATGAGA TGCTCAATTT CAGGCCTATT TG -             #AAGCTATT   6540                                                                  - - GATTAGGCCT TAAGTATTTG GCATTATTTG AGTATTATGA ATAATTTAGT TA -             #AAGCATTG   6600                                                                  - - TCAGCATTTG AGTTTGTAGG TGTTTTCAGT GTGCTTAAAT TTCCAGTAGT CA -             #TTCATAGT   6660                                                                  - - GTGCCTGGTA GTGGTAAAAG TAGTTTAATA AGGGAGCTAA TTTCCGAGGA TG -             #AGAATTTC   6720                                                                  - - ATAGCTTTCA CAGCAGGTGT TCCAGACAGC CCTAATCTCA CAGGAAGGTA CA -             #TTAAGCCT   6780                                                                  - - TATTCTCCAG GGTGTGCAGT GCCAGGGAAA GTTAATATAC TTGATGAGTA CT -             #TGTCCGTC   6840                                                                  - - CAAGATTTTT CAGGTTTTGA TGTGCTGTTC TCGGACCCAT ACCAAAACAT CA -             #GCATTCCT   6900                                                                  - - AAAGAGGCAC ATTTCATCAA GTCAAAAACT TGTAGGTTTG GCGTGAATAC TT -             #GCAAATAT   6960                                                                  - - CTTTCCTCCT TCGGTTTTAA GGTTAGCAGT GACGGTTTGG ACAAAGTCAT TG -             #TGGGGTCG   7020                                                                  - - CCTTTTACAC TAGATGTTGA AGGGGTGCTA ATATGCTTTG GTAAGGAGGC AG -             #TGGATCTC   7080                                                                  - - GCTGTTGCGC ACAACTCTGA ATTCAAATTA CCTTGTGAAG TTAGAGGTTC AA -             #CTTTTAAC   7140                                                                  - - GTCGTAACTC TTTTGAAATC AAGAGATCCA ACCCCAGAGG ATAGGCACTG GT -             #TTTACATT   7200                                                                  - - GCTGCTACAA GACACAGGGA GAAATTGATA ATCATGCAGT AAGATGCCTT TT -             #CAGCAGCC   7260                                                                  - - TGCGAATTGG GCAAAAACCA TAACTCCATT GACAGTTGGC TTGGGCATTG GG -             #CTTGTGCT   7320                                                                  - - GCATTTTCTG AGGAAGTCAA ATCTACCTTA TTCAGGGGAC AACATCCATC AA -             #TTCCCTCA   7380                                                                  - - CGGTGGGCGT TACAGGGACG GTACAAAAAG TATAACTTAC TGTGGTCCAA AG -             #CAATCCTT   7440                                                                  - - CCCCAGCTCT GGGATATTCG GCCAATCTGA GAATTTTGTG CCCTTAATGC TT -             #GTCATAGG   7500                                                                  - - TCTAATCGCA TTCATACATG TATTGTCTGT TTGGAATTCT GGTCTTGGTA GG -             #AATTGTAA   7560                                                                  - - TTGCCATCCA AATCCTTGCT CATGTAGACA GCAGTAGTGG CAACCACCAA GG -             #TTGCTTCA   7620                                                                  - - TTAGGGCCAC TGGAGAGTCA ATTTTGATTG AAAACTGCGG CCCAAGTGAG GC -             #CCTTGCAT   7680                                                                  - - CCACTGTGAA GGAGGTGCTG GGAGGTTTGA AGGCTTTAGG GGTTAGCCGT GC -             #TGTTGAAG   7740                                                                  - - AAATTGATTA TCATTGTTAA ATTGGCTGAA TGGCAAGTCA AATTGGGAAA CT -             #CCCCGGTG   7800                                                                  - - AATCAAATGA GGCTTTTGAA GCCCGGCTAA AATCGCTGGA GTTAGCTAGA GC -             #TCAAAAGC   7860                                                                  - - AGCCGGAAGG TTCTAATGCA CCACCTACTC TCAGTGGCAT TCTTGCCAAA CG -             #CAAGAGGA   7920                                                                  - - TTATAGAGAA TGCACTTTCA AAGACGGTGG ACATGAGGGA GGTTTTGAAA CA -             #CGAAACGG   7980                                                                  - - TGGTGATTTC CCCAAATGTC ATGGATGAAG GTGCAATAGA CGAGCTGATT CG -             #TGCATTTG   8040                                                                  - - GTGAATCTGG CATAGCTGAA AGCGTGCAAT TTGATGTGGC CATAGATATA GC -             #ACGTCACT   8100                                                                  - - GCTCTGATGT TGGTAGCTCC CAGAGGTCAA CCCTGATTGG CAAGAGTCCA TT -             #TTGTGACC   8160                                                                  - - TAAACAGATC AGAAATAGCT GGGATTATAA GGGAGGTGAC CACATTACGT AG -             #ATTTTGCA   8220                                                                  - - TGTACTATGC AAAAATCGTG TGGAACATCC ATCTGGAGAC GGGGATACCA CC -             #AGCTAACT   8280                                                                  - - GGGCCAAGAA AGGATTTAAT GAGAATGAAA AGTTTGCAGC CTTTGATTTT TT -             #CTTGGGAG   8340                                                                  - - TCACAGATGA GAGTGCGCTT GAACCAAAGG GTGGAATTAA AAGAGCTCCA AC -             #GAAAGCTG   8400                                                                  - - AGATGGTTGC TAATATCGCC TCTTTTGAGG TTCAAGTGCT CAGACAAGCT AT -             #GGCTGAAG   8460                                                                  - - GCAAGCGGAG TTCCAACCTT GGAGAGATTA GTGGTGGAAC GGCTGGTGCA CT -             #CATCAACA   8520                                                                  - - ACCCCTTTTC AAATGTTACA CATGAATGAG GATGACGAAG TCAGCGACAA TT -             #CCGCAGTC   8580                                                                  - - CAATAATTCC CCGATTTCAA GGCTGGGTTA AGCCTGTTCG CTGGAATACC GT -             #ACTAATAG   8640                                                                  - - TATTCCCTTT CCATGCTAAA TCCTATTTAA TATATAAGGT GTGGAAAGTA AA -             #AGAAGATT   8700                                                                  - - TGGTGTGTTT TTATAGTTTT CATTCAAAAA AAAAAAAAAA AAA    - #                      874 - #3                                                                     - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 6485 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:                                - - ATGGCCCTCT CTTATAGGCC TGCTGTTGAA GAGGTGCTCG CAAAATTCAC CT -              #CTGATGAA     60                                                                  - - CAATCCAGGG TTTCTGCTAC AGCTCTCAAG GCATTAGTAG ACTTAGAGGA AA -             #GTCAGCAC    120                                                                  - - AATTTGTTCT CTTTCGCATT GCCTGATAGA AGCAAAGAAA GGCTGATATC TT -             #CTGGCATT    180                                                                  - - TACTTAAGTC CTTACAGTTT CAGACCCCAC TCACATCCAG TTTGTAAAAC TT -             #TAGAAAAT    240                                                                  - - CACATTTTGT ACAATGTTTT ACCTAGTTAT GTTAATAATT CATTTTACTT TG -             #TAGGAATC    300                                                                  - - AAGGATTTTA AGCTGCAGTT CTTGAAAAGG AGGAATAAGG ATCTCAGCTT GG -             #TAGCACTC    360                                                                  - - ATAAATAGGT TTGTGACAAG TCGTGATGTT AGTAGGTATG GGTCTGAGTT CG -             #TTATAAGT    420                                                                  - - TCTAGTGACA AATCAAGTCA GGTTGTCAGT AGAAAGGGCA TTGGTGATTC TA -             #ACACACTC    480                                                                  - - CGGAGATTGG TCCCACGTGT AATTTCCACA GGTGCCAGGA ATCTTTTTCT GC -             #ATGATGAG    540                                                                  - - ATTCACTACT GGTCAATTAG TGATCTGATC AATTTTTTGG ACGTTGCCAA GC -             #CAAGCATG    600                                                                  - - CTCTTGGCAA CTGCAGTAAT CCCTCCAGAA GTGCTGGTTG GCTCTCCAGA GA -             #GTCTTAAC    660                                                                  - - CCTTGGGCCT ACCAGTATAA AATCAATGGC AACCAACTGC TCTTCGCACC AG -             #ATGGCAAC    720                                                                  - - TGGAATGAGA TGTACTCACA ACCTTTGTCA TGCAGATACC TGCTCAAGGC CA -             #GATCTGTA    780                                                                  - - GTTCTGCCCG ATGGCTCACG CTACTCGGTT GACATCATTC ACTCAAAATT TA -             #GTCACCAC    840                                                                  - - TTGCTTAGTT TCACCCCTAT GGGTAATCTT TTGACTTCAA ACATGCGATG TT -             #TTTCTGGC    900                                                                  - - TTCGATGCAA TAGGCATAAA AGATCTTGAA CCTCTAAGCC GCGGCATGCA CA -             #GTTGCTTC    960                                                                  - - CCAGTACATC ATGATGTTGT AACTAAGATA TATCTTTATT TGAGAACTCT CA -             #AGAAGCCA   1020                                                                  - - GATAAGGAGT CTGCCGAGGC AAAGCTTCGA CAACTCATAG AAAAACCCAC AG -             #GGAGGGAG   1080                                                                  - - ATAAAGTTTA TCGAGGATTT TTCCTCACTA GTAATAAATT GTGGGAGGAG TG -             #GCTCTTTG   1140                                                                  - - CTTATGCCCA ACATTTCTAA GTTGGTCATA TCATTCTTTT GCCGGATGAT GC -             #CAAATGCA   1200                                                                  - - CTCGCCAGGC TCTCTTCTAG CTTTCGAGAG TGTTCGCTAG ATTCATTTGT GT -             #ACTCACTT   1260                                                                  - - GAGCCCTTTA ATTTTTCCGT TAATTTAGTG GATATAACTC CTGATTTCTT TG -             #AGCATTTA   1320                                                                  - - TTTCTCTTCT CCTGCCTAAA TGAGTTGATC GAGGAGGACG TTGAAGAGGT CA -             #TGGACAAT   1380                                                                  - - TCTTGGTTTG GACTTGGGGA CTTACAATTC AATCGCCAGA GGGCCCCGTT CT -             #TTCTTGGG   1440                                                                  - - TCTTCATATT GGCTCAACTC CAAATTTTCA GTTGAGCACA AGTTTTCAGG CA -             #CCATCAAT   1500                                                                  - - TCTCAAATCA TGCAAGTTAT TTTATCTTTG ATCCCATTTT CTGATGATCC CA -             #CTTTTAGG   1560                                                                  - - CCATCTTCTA CAGAGGTTAA CCTTGCACTA TCAGAGGTTA AGGCTGCGCT AG -             #AAGCTACT   1620                                                                  - - GGGCAGTCAA AATTGTTCAG GTTTTTGGTG GACGACTGTG CTATGCGTGA GG -             #TTAGAAGT   1680                                                                  - - TCCTATAAGG TGGGCCTTTT TAAGCACATA AAAGCCCTCA CTCATTGCTT TA -             #ATTCTTGT   1740                                                                  - - GGCCTCCAAT GGTTCCTCCT TAGGCAAAGG TCCAACCTCA AATTTCTGAA GG -             #ACAGGGCA   1800                                                                  - - TCGTCCTTTG CTGATCTTGA TTGTGAGGTT ATCAAAGTTT ATCAGCTTGT AA -             #CATCACAG   1860                                                                  - - GCAATACTTC CTGAGGCTCT GCTTAGCTTG ACCAAAGTCT TTGTCAGGGA TT -             #CTGACTCA   1920                                                                  - - AAGGGTGTTT CCATTCCCAG ATTGGTCTCG AGAAATGAGC TAGAGGAACT AG -             #CTCACCCA   1980                                                                  - - GCTAATTCAG CCCTTGAGGA GCCTCAATCA GTTGATTGTA ATGCAGGCAG GG -             #TTCAAGCA   2040                                                                  - - AGCGTTTCAA GTTCCCAGCA GCTTGCCGAC ACCCACTCTC TTGGTAGCGT TA -             #AGTCATCA   2100                                                                  - - ATTGAGACAG CTAACAAGGC TTTTAACTTG GAGGAGCTAA GGATCATGAT TA -             #GAGTCTTG   2160                                                                  - - CCGGAGGATT TTAACTGGGT GGCGAAGAAC ATTGGTTTTA AAGACAGGCT GA -             #GAGGCAGG   2220                                                                  - - GGTGCATCAT TCTTCTCAAA ACCAGGAATT TCATGTCATA GTTACAATGG TG -             #GGAGCCAC   2280                                                                  - - ACAAGCTTAG GGTGGCCAAA GTTCATGGAT CAGATTCTAA GCTCCACTGG TG -             #GACGTAAT   2340                                                                  - - TACTACAATT CATGCCTGGC TCAGATCTAT GAGGAAAATT CAAAATTGGC TC -             #TTCATAAG   2400                                                                  - - GATGATGAGA GTTGCTATGA AATTGGGCAC AAAGTTTTGA CTGTTAATTT AA -             #TCGGCTCA   2460                                                                  - - GCAACTTTCA CTATTAGTAA GTCGCGAAAT TTGGTTGGGG GTAATCATTG CA -             #GCCTGACA   2520                                                                  - - ATTGGGCCAA ATGAGTTTTT CGAAATGCCT AGGGGCATGC AATGCAATTA CT -             #TCCATGGG   2580                                                                  - - GTTTCCAATT GTACGCCAGG GCGGGTATCG CTGACCTTTA GGCGCCAAAA GT -             #TGGAAGAT   2640                                                                  - - GATGATTTGA TCTTCATAAA TCCACAGGTG CCCATTGAGC TCAATCATGA AA -             #AGCTTGAC   2700                                                                  - - CGAAGTATGT GGCAGATGGG CCTTCATGGA ATTAAGAAAT CTATTTCTAT GA -             #ATGGCACG   2760                                                                  - - AGTTTTACCT CAGACCTATG CTCTTGTTTC TCTTGCCACA ACTTTCATAA AT -             #TCAAGGAT   2820                                                                  - - CTCATCAATA ACTTGAGATT GGCCCTAGGA GCACAAGGGC TAGGTCAGTG TG -             #ACAGGGTT   2880                                                                  - - GTGTTTGCAA CAACAGGTCC TGGTCTATCT AAGGTTTTAG AAATGCCTCG GA -             #GCAAAAAG   2940                                                                  - - CAATCAATTT TGGTTCTTGA AGGTGCCCTA TCCATAGAAA CAGATTATGG TC -             #CAAAAGTC   3000                                                                  - - CTGGGGTCTT TTGAAGTTTT CAAAGGGGAC TTTCACATTA AGAAGATGGA GG -             #AAGGTTCA   3060                                                                  - - ATTTTTGTAA TAACGTACAA GGCCCCAATT AGATCCACTG GCAGGTTGAG GG -             #TTCACAGT   3120                                                                  - - TCAGAATGCT CATTTTCCGG ATCCAAAGAG GTATTGCTAG GCTGCCAGAT TG -             #AGGCATGT   3180                                                                  - - GCTGATTATG ATATTGATGA TTTTAACACT TTCTCTGTGC CTGGTGATGG CA -             #ATTGCTTT   3240                                                                  - - TGGCATTCTG TTGGTTTTTT ACTTAGCACT GATGGACTTG CCCTAAAGGC CG -             #GTATTCGA   3300                                                                  - - TCTTTCGTGG AGAGTGAGCG CTTGGTAAGT CCAGATCTTT CAGCCCCAGC AA -             #TTTCTAAA   3360                                                                  - - CAATTGGAAG AGAATGCTTA TGCCGAGAAT GAGATGATCG CATTATTCTG CA -             #TTCGGCAC   3420                                                                  - - CACGTAAGGC CTATAGTGAT CACACCAGAA TATGAAGTTA GTTGGAAATT CG -             #GGGAAGGT   3480                                                                  - - GAGTGGCCCC TATGTGGAAT TCTTTGCCTT AAATCAAATC ACTTCCAACC AT -             #GCGCCCCA   3540                                                                  - - CTGAATGGTT GCATGATCAC AGCCATTGCT TCAGCACTTG GAAGGCGTGA AG -             #TTGATGTG   3600                                                                  - - TTAAATTATC TGTGTAGACC CAGCACTAAT CATATTTTTG AGGAGCTTTG TC -             #AGGGAGGG   3660                                                                  - - GGCCTTAACA TGATGTATTT AGCTGAAGCT TTTGAGGCCT TTGACATTTG CG -             #CTAAATGT   3720                                                                  - - GATATAAATG GAGAGATTGA AGTGATTAAT CCGTGTGGTA AAATTTCTGC AT -             #TGTTTGAC   3780                                                                  - - ATAACTAATG AGCACATAAG GCATGTTGAG AAAATAGGTA ATGGCCCTCA GA -             #GCATAAAA   3840                                                                  - - GTGGATGAAT TGCGGAAGGT CAAGCGATCC GCCCTCGATT TCCTTTCAAT GA -             #ATGGGTCT   3900                                                                  - - AAAATAACCT ACTTCCCAAG CTTTGAGCGG GCTGAAAAGT TGCAAGGATG TT -             #TGCTAGGG   3960                                                                  - - GGCCTAACTG GCGTTATAAG TGATGAGAAG TTCAGTGATG CAAAACCTTG GC -             #TTTCTGGT   4020                                                                  - - ATATCTACTA CTGATATTAA GCCAAGGGAA TTGACTGTCG TGCTTGGTAC AT -             #TTGGGGCT   4080                                                                  - - GGGAAGAGTT TCTTGTACAA GAGTTTCATG AAAAGGTCTG AGGGTAAATT CG -             #TAACCTTT   4140                                                                  - - GTTTCTCCCA GACGTGCTTT AGCAAATTCA ATCAAAAATG ATCTTGAAAT GG -             #ATGATAGC   4200                                                                  - - TGCAAAGTTG CTAAAGCAGG TAGGTCAAAG AAGGAAGGGT GGGATGTAGT AA -             #CTTTTGAG   4260                                                                  - - GTTTTCCTTA GAAAAGTTGC AGGATTGAAG GCTGGCCACT GTGTGATTTT TG -             #ATGAGGTC   4320                                                                  - - CAGTTGTTTC CTCCTGGATA CATCGATCTA TGCTTGCTTA TTATACGTAG TG -             #ATGCTTTC   4380                                                                  - - ATTTCACTTG CTGGTGATCC ATGTCAAAGC ACATATGACT CGCAAAAGGA TC -             #GGGCAATT   4440                                                                  - - TTGGGCGCTG AGCAGAGTGA CATACTTAGA CTGCTTGAGG GCAAAACGTA TA -             #GGTATAAC   4500                                                                  - - ATAGAAAGCA GGAGGTTTGT GAACCCAATG TTCGAATCAA GACTGCCATG TC -             #ACTTCAAA   4560                                                                  - - AAGGGCTCGA TGACTGCCGC TTTCGCTGAT TATGCAATCT TCCATAATAT GC -             #ATGACTTT   4620                                                                  - - CTCCTGGCGA GGTCAAAAGG TCCCTTGGAT GCCGTTTTGG TTTCCAGTTT TG -             #AGGAGAAA   4680                                                                  - - AAGATAGTCC AGTCCTACTT TGGAATGAAA CAGCTCACAC TCACATTTGG TG -             #AATCAACT   4740                                                                  - - GGGTTGAATT TCAAAAATGG GGGAATTCTC ATATCACATG ATTCCTTTCA CA -             #CAGATGAT   4800                                                                  - - CGGCGGTGGC TTACTGCTTT ATCTCGCTTC AGCCACAATT TGGATTTGGT GA -             #ACATCACA   4860                                                                  - - GGTCTGAGGG TGGAAAGTTT TCTCTCGCAC TTTGCTGGCA AACCCCTCTA CC -             #ATTTTTTA   4920                                                                  - - ACAGCCAAAA GTGGGGAGAA TGTCATACGA GATTTGCTCC CAGGTGAGCC TA -             #ACTTCTTC   4980                                                                  - - AGTGGCTTTA ACGTTAGCAT TGGAAAGAAT GAAGGTGTTA GGGAGGAGAA GT -             #TATGTGGT   5040                                                                  - - GACCCATGGT TAAAAGTTAT GCTTTTCCTG GGTCAAGATG AGGATTGTGA AG -             #TTGAAGAG   5100                                                                  - - ATGGAGTCAG AATGCTCAAA TGAAGAATGG TTTAAAACCC ACATCCCCTT GA -             #GTAATCTG   5160                                                                  - - GAGTCAACCA GGGCCAGGTG GGTGGGTAAA ATGGCCTTGA AAGAGTATCG GG -             #AGGTGCGT   5220                                                                  - - TGTGGTTATG AAATGACTCA ACAATTCTTT GATGAGCATA GGGGTGGAAC TG -             #GTGAGCAA   5280                                                                  - - CTGAGCAATG CATGTGAGAG GTTTGAAAGC ATTTACCCAA GGCATAAAGG AA -             #ATGATTCA   5340                                                                  - - ATAACCTTCC TCATGGCTGT CCGAAAGCGT CTCAAATTTT CGAAGCCCCA GG -             #TTGAAGCT   5400                                                                  - - GCCAAACTGA GGCGGGCCAA ACCATATGGG AAATTCTTAT TAGATTCTTT CC -             #TATCCAAA   5460                                                                  - - ATCCCATTGA AAGCCAGTCA TAATTCCATC ATGTTTCATG AAGCGGTACA GG -             #AGTTTGAG   5520                                                                  - - GCGAAGAAGG CTAGTAAGAG TGCAGCAACT ATAGAGAATC ATGCAGGTAG GT -             #CATGCAGG   5580                                                                  - - GATTGGTTAT TAGATGTTGC TCTGATTTTT ATGAAGTCAC AACACTGTAC TA -             #AATTTGAC   5640                                                                  - - AACAGGCTTA GAGTAGCTAA AGCTGGGCAA ACCCTTGCTT GCTTCCAACA TG -             #CTGTTCTG   5700                                                                  - - GTTCGCTTTG CACCCTATAT GAGATACATT GAGAAAAAGC TAATGCAAGC TC -             #TGAAGCCT   5760                                                                  - - AACTTCTACA TCCATTCAGG GAAAGGTCTG ACGAGCTGAA CGAGTGGGTC AG -             #AACTAGAG   5820                                                                  - - GATTCACTGG AATTTGCACA GAATCAGACT ACGAAGCCTT TGATGCTTCC CA -             #AGACCACT   5880                                                                  - - TCATCCTAGC ATTCGAATTG CAGATAATGA AATTTTTGGG GTTACCTGAA GA -             #TTTAATTT   5940                                                                  - - TGGACTATGA ATTCATAAAA ATTCATTTGG GATCAAAGCT CGGATCATTC TC -             #TATAATGA   6000                                                                  - - GGTTTACTGG GGAGGCCAGC ACATTTCTGT TTAACACTAT GGCTAACATG TT -             #GTTCACCT   6060                                                                  - - TTCTGAGGTA CGAACTAACA GGCTCTGAGT CAATAGCATT TGCAGGTGAT GA -             #CATGTGTG   6120                                                                  - - CTAATCGAAG GTTGCGGCTT AAAACAGAGC ATGAGGGTTT TCTGAACATG AT -             #TTGCCTTA   6180                                                                  - - AGGCCAAGGT TCAGTTTGTT TCCAATCCCA CATTCTGCGG ATGGTGTTTA TT -             #TAAGGAAG   6240                                                                  - - GGATCTTCAA GAAGCCTCAA TTAATCTGGG AGCGGATATG CATTGCTAGG GA -             #GATGGGCA   6300                                                                  - - ACCTGGAGAA TTGTATTGAC AATTATGCGA TAGAGGTCTC CTATGCATAC CG -             #ACTGGGAG   6360                                                                  - - AGCTAGCCAT TGAAATGATG ACCGAGGAAG AAGTGGAGGC CCATTATAAT TG -             #TGTTAGAT   6420                                                                  - - TCTTGGTCAG GAACAAGCAT AAGATGAGAT GCTCAATTTC AGGCCTATTT GA -             #AGCTATTG   6480                                                                  - - ATTAG                 - #                  - #                  -       #          6485                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 2161 amino - #acids                                                (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:                                - -      Met Ala Leu Ser Tyr Arg Pro Ala - # Val Glu Glu Val Leu Ala        Lys Phe                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Thr Ser Asp Glu Gln Ser Arg Val - # Ser Ala Thr Ala Leu Lys        Ala Leu                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Val Asp Leu Glu Glu Ser Gln His - # Asn Leu Phe Ser Phe Ala         Leu Pro                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Asp Arg Ser Lys Glu Arg Leu Ile - # Ser Ser Gly Ile Tyr Leu        Ser Pro                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Tyr Ser Phe Arg Pro His Ser His - # Pro Val Cys Lys Thr Leu        Glu Asn                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      His Ile Leu Tyr Asn Val Leu Pro - # Ser Tyr Val Asn Asn Ser         Phe Tyr                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Phe Val Gly Ile Lys Asp Phe Lys - # Leu Gln Phe Leu Lys Arg        Arg Asn                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Lys Asp Leu Ser Leu Val Ala Leu - # Ile Asn Arg Phe Val Thr         Ser Arg                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Asp Val Ser Arg Tyr Gly Ser Glu - # Phe Val Ile Ser Ser Ser        Asp Lys                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      Ser Ser Gln Val Val Ser Arg Lys - # Gly Ile Gly Asp Ser Asn        Thr Leu                                                                               145             - #    150             - #    155             - #         160                                                                            - -      Arg Arg Leu Val Pro Arg Val Ile - # Ser Thr Gly Ala Arg Asn         Leu Phe                                                                                            - #   165              - #   170              - #          175                                                                               - -      Leu His Asp Glu Ile His Tyr Trp - # Ser Ile Ser Asp Leu Ile        Asn Phe                                                                                           180 - #                185 - #                190             - -      Leu Asp Val Ala Lys Pro Ser Met - # Leu Leu Ala Thr Ala Val         Ile Pro                                                                                       195     - #            200     - #            205                  - -      Pro Glu Val Leu Val Gly Ser Pro - # Glu Ser Leu Asn Pro Trp        Ala Tyr                                                                                   210         - #        215         - #        220                      - -      Gln Tyr Lys Ile Asn Gly Asn Gln - # Leu Leu Phe Ala Pro Asp        Gly Asn                                                                               225             - #    230             - #    235             - #         240                                                                            - -      Trp Asn Glu Met Tyr Ser Gln Pro - # Leu Ser Cys Arg Tyr Leu         Leu Lys                                                                                            - #   245              - #   250              - #          255                                                                               - -      Ala Arg Ser Val Val Leu Pro Asp - # Gly Ser Arg Tyr Ser Val        Asp Ile                                                                                           260 - #                265 - #                270             - -      Ile His Ser Lys Phe Ser His His - # Leu Leu Ser Phe Thr Pro         Met Gly                                                                                       275     - #            280     - #            285                  - -      Asn Leu Leu Thr Ser Asn Met Arg - # Cys Phe Ser Gly Phe Asp        Ala Ile                                                                                   290         - #        295         - #        300                      - -      Gly Ile Lys Asp Leu Glu Pro Leu - # Ser Arg Gly Met His Ser        Cys Phe                                                                               305             - #    310             - #    315             - #         320                                                                            - -      Pro Val His His Asp Val Val Thr - # Lys Ile Tyr Leu Tyr Leu         Arg Thr                                                                                            - #   325              - #   330              - #          335                                                                               - -      Leu Lys Lys Pro Asp Lys Glu Ser - # Ala Glu Ala Lys Leu Arg        Gln Leu                                                                                           340 - #                345 - #                350             - -      Ile Glu Lys Pro Thr Gly Arg Glu - # Ile Lys Phe Ile Glu Asp         Phe Ser                                                                                       355     - #            360     - #            365                  - -      Ser Leu Val Ile Asn Cys Gly Arg - # Ser Gly Ser Leu Leu Met        Pro Asn                                                                                   370         - #        375         - #        380                      - -      Ile Ser Lys Leu Val Ile Ser Phe - # Phe Cys Arg Met Met Pro        Asn Ala                                                                               385             - #    390             - #    395             - #         400                                                                            - -      Leu Ala Arg Leu Ser Ser Ser Phe - # Arg Glu Cys Ser Leu Asp         Ser Phe                                                                                            - #   405              - #   410              - #          415                                                                               - -      Val Tyr Ser Leu Glu Pro Phe Asn - # Phe Ser Val Asn Leu Val        Asp Ile                                                                                           420 - #                425 - #                430             - -      Thr Pro Asp Phe Phe Glu His Leu - # Phe Leu Phe Ser Cys Leu         Asn Glu                                                                                       435     - #            440     - #            445                  - -      Leu Ile Glu Glu Asp Val Glu Glu - # Val Met Asp Asn Ser Trp        Phe Gly                                                                                   450         - #        455         - #        460                      - -      Leu Gly Asp Leu Gln Phe Asn Arg - # Gln Arg Ala Pro Phe Phe        Leu Gly                                                                               465             - #    470             - #    475             - #         480                                                                            - -      Ser Ser Tyr Trp Leu Asn Ser Lys - # Phe Ser Val Glu His Lys         Phe Ser                                                                                            - #   485              - #   490              - #          495                                                                               - -      Gly Thr Ile Asn Ser Gln Ile Met - # Gln Val Ile Leu Ser Leu        Ile Pro                                                                                           500 - #                505 - #                510             - -      Phe Ser Asp Asp Pro Thr Phe Arg - # Pro Ser Ser Thr Glu Val         Asn Leu                                                                                       515     - #            520     - #            525                  - -      Ala Leu Ser Glu Val Lys Ala Ala - # Leu Glu Ala Thr Gly Gln        Ser Lys                                                                                   530         - #        535         - #        540                      - -      Leu Phe Arg Phe Leu Val Asp Asp - # Cys Ala Met Arg Glu Val        Arg Ser                                                                               545             - #    550             - #    555             - #         560                                                                            - -      Ser Tyr Lys Val Gly Leu Phe Lys - # His Ile Lys Ala Leu Thr         His Cys                                                                                            - #   565              - #   570              - #          575                                                                               - -      Phe Asn Ser Cys Gly Leu Gln Trp - # Phe Leu Leu Arg Gln Arg        Ser Asn                                                                                           580 - #                585 - #                590             - -      Leu Lys Phe Leu Lys Asp Arg Ala - # Ser Ser Phe Ala Asp Leu         Asp Cys                                                                                       595     - #            600     - #            605                  - -      Glu Val Ile Lys Val Tyr Gln Leu - # Val Thr Ser Gln Ala Ile        Leu Pro                                                                                   610         - #        615         - #        620                      - -      Glu Ala Leu Leu Ser Leu Thr Lys - # Val Phe Val Arg Asp Ser        Asp Ser                                                                               625             - #    630             - #    635             - #         640                                                                            - -      Lys Gly Val Ser Ile Pro Arg Leu - # Val Ser Arg Asn Glu Leu         Glu Glu                                                                                            - #   645              - #   650              - #          655                                                                               - -      Leu Ala His Pro Ala Asn Ser Ala - # Leu Glu Glu Pro Gln Ser        Val Asp                                                                                           660 - #                665 - #                670             - -      Cys Asn Ala Gly Arg Val Gln Ala - # Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Gln         Gln Leu                                                                                       675     - #            680     - #            685                  - -      Ala Asp Thr His Ser Leu Gly Ser - # Val Lys Ser Ser Ile Glu        Thr Ala                                                                                   690         - #        695         - #        700                      - -      Asn Lys Ala Phe Asn Leu Glu Glu - # Leu Arg Ile Met Ile Arg        Val Leu                                                                               705             - #    710             - #    715             - #         720                                                                            - -      Pro Glu Asp Phe Asn Trp Val Ala - # Lys Asn Ile Gly Phe Lys         Asp Arg                                                                                            - #   725              - #   730              - #          735                                                                               - -      Leu Arg Gly Arg Gly Ala Ser Phe - # Phe Ser Lys Pro Gly Ile        Ser Cys                                                                                           740 - #                745 - #                750             - -      His Ser Tyr Asn Gly Gly Ser His - # Thr Ser Leu Gly Trp Pro         Lys Phe                                                                                       755     - #            760     - #            765                  - -      Met Asp Gln Ile Leu Ser Ser Thr - # Gly Gly Arg Asn Tyr Tyr        Asn Ser                                                                                   770         - #        775         - #        780                      - -      Cys Leu Ala Gln Ile Tyr Glu Glu - # Asn Ser Lys Leu Ala Leu        His Lys                                                                               785             - #    790             - #    795             - #         800                                                                            - -      Asp Asp Glu Ser Cys Tyr Glu Ile - # Gly His Lys Val Leu Thr         Val Asn                                                                                            - #   805              - #   810              - #          815                                                                               - -      Leu Ile Gly Ser Ala Thr Phe Thr - # Ile Ser Lys Ser Arg Asn        Leu Val                                                                                           820 - #                825 - #                830             - -      Gly Gly Asn His Cys Ser Leu Thr - # Ile Gly Pro Asn Glu Phe         Phe Glu                                                                                       835     - #            840     - #            845                  - -      Met Pro Arg Gly Met Gln Cys Asn - # Tyr Phe His Gly Val Ser        Asn Cys                                                                                   850         - #        855         - #        860                      - -      Thr Pro Gly Arg Val Ser Leu Thr - # Phe Arg Arg Gln Lys Leu        Glu Asp                                                                               865             - #    870             - #    875             - #         880                                                                            - -      Asp Asp Leu Ile Phe Ile Asn Pro - # Gln Val Pro Ile Glu Leu         Asn His                                                                                            - #   885              - #   890              - #          895                                                                               - -      Glu Lys Leu Asp Arg Ser Met Trp - # Gln Met Gly Leu His Gly        Ile Lys                                                                                           900 - #                905 - #                910             - -      Lys Ser Ile Ser Met Asn Gly Thr - # Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Leu         Cys Ser                                                                                       915     - #            920     - #            925                  - -      Cys Phe Ser Cys His Asn Phe His - # Lys Phe Lys Asp Leu Ile        Asn Asn                                                                                   930         - #        935         - #        940                      - -      Leu Arg Leu Ala Leu Gly Ala Gln - # Gly Leu Gly Gln Cys Asp        Arg Val                                                                               945             - #    950             - #    955             - #         960                                                                            - -      Val Phe Ala Thr Thr Gly Pro Gly - # Leu Ser Lys Val Leu Glu         Met Pro                                                                                            - #   965              - #   970              - #          975                                                                               - -      Arg Ser Lys Lys Gln Ser Ile Leu - # Val Leu Glu Gly Ala Leu        Ser Ile                                                                                           980 - #                985 - #                990             - -      Glu Thr Asp Tyr Gly Pro Lys Val - # Leu Gly Ser Phe Glu Val         Phe Lys                                                                                       995     - #            1000     - #           1005                - -      Gly Asp Phe His Ile Lys Lys Met - # Glu Glu Gly Ser Ile Phe         Val Ile                                                                                   1010        - #        1015         - #       1020                     - -      Thr Tyr Lys Ala Pro Ile Arg Ser - # Thr Gly Arg Leu Arg Val        His Ser                                                                               1025            - #    1030             - #   1035              -       #  1040                                                                           - -      Ser Glu Cys Ser Phe Ser Gly Ser - # Lys Glu Val Leu Leu Gly        Cys Gln                                                                                            - #   1045              - #  1050               - #        1055                                                                              - -      Ile Glu Ala Cys Ala Asp Tyr Asp - # Ile Asp Asp Phe Asn Thr        Phe Ser                                                                                           1060 - #                1065 - #               1070           - -      Val Pro Gly Asp Gly Asn Cys Phe - # Trp His Ser Val Gly Phe         Leu Leu                                                                                       1075    - #            1080     - #           1085                - -      Ser Thr Asp Gly Leu Ala Leu Lys - # Ala Gly Ile Arg Ser Phe         Val Glu                                                                                   1090        - #        1095         - #       1100                     - -      Ser Glu Arg Leu Val Ser Pro Asp - # Leu Ser Ala Pro Ala Ile        Ser Lys                                                                               1105            - #    1110             - #   1115              -       #  1120                                                                           - -      Gln Leu Glu Glu Asn Ala Tyr Ala - # Glu Asn Glu Met Ile Ala        Leu Phe                                                                                            - #   1125              - #  1130               - #        1135                                                                              - -      Cys Ile Arg His His Val Arg Pro - # Ile Val Ile Thr Pro Glu        Tyr Glu                                                                                           1140 - #                1145 - #               1150           - -      Val Ser Trp Lys Phe Gly Glu Gly - # Glu Trp Pro Leu Cys Gly         Ile Leu                                                                                       1155    - #            1160     - #           1165                - -      Cys Leu Lys Ser Asn His Phe Gln - # Pro Cys Ala Pro Leu Asn         Gly Cys                                                                                   1170        - #        1175         - #       1180                     - -      Met Ile Thr Ala Ile Ala Ser Ala - # Leu Gly Arg Arg Glu Val        Asp Val                                                                               1185            - #    1190             - #   1195              -       #  1200                                                                           - -      Leu Asn Tyr Leu Cys Arg Pro Ser - # Thr Asn His Ile Phe Glu        Glu Leu                                                                                            - #   1205              - #  1210               - #        1215                                                                              - -      Cys Gln Gly Gly Gly Leu Asn Met - # Met Tyr Leu Ala Glu Ala        Phe Glu                                                                                           1220 - #                1225 - #               1230           - -      Ala Phe Asp Ile Cys Ala Lys Cys - # Asp Ile Asn Gly Glu Ile         Glu Val                                                                                       1235    - #            1240     - #           1245                - -      Ile Asn Pro Cys Gly Lys Ile Ser - # Ala Leu Phe Asp Ile Thr         Asn Glu                                                                                   1250        - #        1255         - #       1260                     - -      His Ile Arg His Val Glu Lys Ile - # Gly Asn Gly Pro Gln Ser        Ile Lys                                                                               1265            - #    1270             - #   1275              -       #  1280                                                                           - -      Val Asp Glu Leu Arg Lys Val Lys - # Arg Ser Ala Leu Asp Phe        Leu Ser                                                                                            - #   1285              - #  1290               - #        1295                                                                              - -      Met Asn Gly Ser Lys Ile Thr Tyr - # Phe Pro Ser Phe Glu Arg        Ala Glu                                                                                           1300 - #                1305 - #               1310           - -      Lys Leu Gln Gly Cys Leu Leu Gly - # Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Ile         Ser Asp                                                                                       1315    - #            1320     - #           1325                - -      Glu Lys Phe Ser Asp Ala Lys Pro - # Trp Leu Ser Gly Ile Ser         Thr Thr                                                                                   1330        - #        1335         - #       1340                     - -      Asp Ile Lys Pro Arg Glu Leu Thr - # Val Val Leu Gly Thr Phe        Gly Ala                                                                               1345            - #    1350             - #   1355              -       #  1360                                                                           - -      Gly Lys Ser Phe Leu Tyr Lys Ser - # Phe Met Lys Arg Ser Glu        Gly Lys                                                                                            - #   1365              - #  1370               - #        1375                                                                              - -      Phe Val Thr Phe Val Ser Pro Arg - # Arg Ala Leu Ala Asn Ser        Ile Lys                                                                                           1380 - #                1385 - #               1390           - -      Asn Asp Leu Glu Met Asp Asp Ser - # Cys Lys Val Ala Lys Ala         Gly Arg                                                                                       1395    - #            1400     - #           1405                - -      Ser Lys Lys Glu Gly Trp Asp Val - # Val Thr Phe Glu Val Phe         Leu Arg                                                                                   1410        - #        1415         - #       1420                     - -      Lys Val Ala Gly Leu Lys Ala Gly - # His Cys Val Ile Phe Asp        Glu Val                                                                               1425            - #    1430             - #   1435              -       #  1440                                                                           - -      Gln Leu Phe Pro Pro Gly Tyr Ile - # Asp Leu Cys Leu Leu Ile        Ile Arg                                                                                            - #   1445              - #  1450               - #        1455                                                                              - -      Ser Asp Ala Phe Ile Ser Leu Ala - # Gly Asp Pro Cys Gln Ser        Thr Tyr                                                                                           1460 - #                1465 - #               1470           - -      Asp Ser Gln Lys Asp Arg Ala Ile - # Leu Gly Ala Glu Gln Ser         Asp Ile                                                                                       1475    - #            1480     - #           1485                - -      Leu Arg Leu Leu Glu Gly Lys Thr - # Tyr Arg Tyr Asn Ile Glu         Ser Arg                                                                                   1490        - #        1495         - #       1500                     - -      Arg Phe Val Asn Pro Met Phe Glu - # Ser Arg Leu Pro Cys His        Phe Lys                                                                               1505            - #    1510             - #   1515              -       #  1520                                                                           - -      Lys Gly Ser Met Thr Ala Ala Phe - # Ala Asp Tyr Ala Ile Phe        His Asn                                                                                            - #   1525              - #  1530               - #        1535                                                                              - -      Met His Asp Phe Leu Leu Ala Arg - # Ser Lys Gly Pro Leu Asp        Ala Val                                                                                           1540 - #                1545 - #               1550           - -      Leu Val Ser Ser Phe Glu Glu Lys - # Lys Ile Val Gln Ser Tyr         Phe Gly                                                                                       1555    - #            1560     - #           1565                - -      Met Lys Gln Leu Thr Leu Thr Phe - # Gly Glu Ser Thr Gly Leu         Asn Phe                                                                                   1570        - #        1575         - #       1580                     - -      Lys Asn Gly Gly Ile Leu Ile Ser - # His Asp Ser Phe His Thr        Asp Asp                                                                               1585            - #    1590             - #   1595              -       #  1600                                                                           - -      Arg Arg Trp Leu Thr Ala Leu Ser - # Arg Phe Ser His Asn Leu        Asp Leu                                                                                            - #   1605              - #  1610               - #        1615                                                                              - -      Val Asn Ile Thr Gly Leu Arg Val - # Glu Ser Phe Leu Ser His        Phe Ala                                                                                           1620 - #                1625 - #               1630           - -      Gly Lys Pro Leu Tyr His Phe Leu - # Thr Ala Lys Ser Gly Glu         Asn Val                                                                                       1635    - #            1640     - #           1645                - -      Ile Arg Asp Leu Leu Pro Gly Glu - # Pro Asn Phe Phe Ser Gly         Phe Asn                                                                                   1650        - #        1655         - #       1660                     - -      Val Ser Ile Gly Lys Asn Glu Gly - # Val Arg Glu Glu Lys Leu        Cys Gly                                                                               1665            - #    1670             - #   1675              -       #  1680                                                                           - -      Asp Pro Trp Leu Lys Val Met Leu - # Phe Leu Gly Gln Asp Glu        Asp Cys                                                                                            - #   1685              - #  1690               - #        1695                                                                              - -      Glu Val Glu Glu Met Glu Ser Glu - # Cys Ser Asn Glu Glu Trp        Phe Lys                                                                                           1700 - #                1705 - #               1710           - -      Thr His Ile Pro Leu Ser Asn Leu - # Glu Ser Thr Arg Ala Arg         Trp Val                                                                                       1715    - #            1720     - #           1725                - -      Gly Lys Met Ala Leu Lys Glu Tyr - # Arg Glu Val Arg Cys Gly         Tyr Glu                                                                                   1730        - #        1735         - #       1740                     - -      Met Thr Gln Gln Phe Phe Asp Glu - # His Arg Gly Gly Thr Gly        Glu Gln                                                                               1745            - #    1750             - #   1755              -       #  1760                                                                           - -      Leu Ser Asn Ala Cys Glu Arg Phe - # Glu Ser Ile Tyr Pro Arg        His Lys                                                                                            - #   1765              - #  1770               - #        1775                                                                              - -      Gly Asn Asp Ser Ile Thr Phe Leu - # Met Ala Val Arg Lys Arg        Leu Lys                                                                                           1780 - #                1785 - #               1790           - -      Phe Ser Lys Pro Gln Val Glu Ala - # Ala Lys Leu Arg Arg Ala         Lys Pro                                                                                       1795    - #            1800     - #           1805                - -      Tyr Gly Lys Phe Leu Leu Asp Ser - # Phe Leu Ser Lys Ile Pro         Leu Lys                                                                                   1810        - #        1815         - #       1820                     - -      Ala Ser His Asn Ser Ile Met Phe - # His Glu Ala Val Gln Glu        Phe Glu                                                                               1825            - #    1830             - #   1835              -       #  1840                                                                           - -      Ala Lys Lys Ala Ser Lys Ser Ala - # Ala Thr Ile Glu Asn His        Ala Gly                                                                                            - #   1845              - #  1850               - #        1855                                                                              - -      Arg Ser Cys Arg Asp Trp Leu Leu - # Asp Val Ala Leu Ile Phe        Met Lys                                                                                           1860 - #                1865 - #               1870           - -      Ser Gln His Cys Thr Lys Phe Asp - # Asn Arg Leu Arg Val Ala         Lys Ala                                                                                       1875    - #            1880     - #           1885                - -      Gly Gln Thr Leu Ala Cys Phe Gln - # His Ala Val Leu Val Arg         Phe Ala                                                                                   1890        - #        1895         - #       1900                     - -      Pro Tyr Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys - # Lys Leu Met Gln Ala Leu        Lys Pro                                                                               1905            - #    1910             - #   1915              -       #  1920                                                                           - -      Asn Phe Tyr Ile His Ser Gly Lys - # Gly Leu Asp Glu Leu Asn        Glu Trp                                                                                            - #   1925              - #  1930               - #        1935                                                                              - -      Val Arg Thr Arg Gly Phe Thr Gly - # Ile Cys Thr Glu Ser Asp        Tyr Glu                                                                                           1940 - #                1945 - #               1950           - -      Ala Phe Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp His - # Phe Ile Leu Ala Phe Glu         Leu Gln                                                                                       1955    - #            1960     - #           1965                - -      Ile Met Lys Phe Leu Gly Leu Pro - # Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Asp         Tyr Glu                                                                                   1970        - #        1975         - #       1980                     - -      Phe Ile Lys Ile His Leu Gly Ser - # Lys Leu Gly Ser Phe Ser        Ile Met                                                                               1985            - #    1990             - #   1995              -       #  2000                                                                           - -      Arg Phe Thr Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr - # Phe Leu Phe Asn Thr Met        Ala Asn                                                                                            - #   2005              - #  2010               - #        2015                                                                              - -      Met Leu Phe Thr Phe Leu Arg Tyr - # Glu Leu Thr Gly Ser Glu        Ser Ile                                                                                           2020 - #                2025 - #               2030           - -      Ala Phe Ala Gly Asp Asp Met Cys - # Ala Asn Arg Arg Leu Arg         Leu Lys                                                                                       2035    - #            2040     - #           2045                - -      Thr Glu His Glu Gly Phe Leu Asn - # Met Ile Cys Leu Lys Ala         Lys Val                                                                                   2050        - #        2055         - #       2060                     - -      Gln Phe Val Ser Asn Pro Thr Phe - # Cys Gly Trp Cys Leu Phe        Lys Glu                                                                               2065            - #    2070             - #   2075              -       #  2080                                                                           - -      Gly Ile Phe Lys Lys Pro Gln Leu - # Ile Trp Glu Arg Ile Cys        Ile Ala                                                                                            - #   2085              - #  2090               - #        2095                                                                              - -      Arg Glu Met Gly Asn Leu Glu Asn - # Cys Ile Asp Asn Tyr Ala        Ile Glu                                                                                           2100 - #                2105 - #               2110           - -      Val Ser Tyr Ala Tyr Arg Leu Gly - # Glu Leu Ala Ile Glu Met         Met Thr                                                                                       2115    - #            2120     - #           2125                - -      Glu Glu Glu Val Glu Ala His Tyr - # Asn Cys Val Arg Phe Leu         Val Arg                                                                                   2130        - #        2135         - #       2140                     - -      Asn Lys His Lys Met Arg Cys Ser - # Ile Ser Gly Leu Phe Glu        Ala Ile                                                                               2145            - #    2150             - #   2155              -       #  2160                                                                           - -      Asp                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 663 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:                                - - ATGAATAATT TAGTTAAAGC ATTGTCAGCA TTTGAGTTTG TAGGTGTTTT CA -             #GTGTGCTT     60                                                                  - - AAATTTCCAG TAGTCATTCA TAGTGTGCCT GGTAGTGGTA AAAGTAGTTT AA -             #TAAGGGAG    120                                                                  - - CTAATTTCCG AGGATGAGAA TTTCATAGCT TTCACAGCAG GTGTTCCAGA CA -             #GCCCTAAT    180                                                                  - - CTCACAGGAA GGTACATTAA GCCTTATTCT CCAGGGTGTG CAGTGCCAGG GA -             #AAGTTAAT    240                                                                  - - ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC CGTCCAAGAT TTTTCAGGTT TTGATGTGCT GT -             #TCTCGGAC    300                                                                  - - CCATACCAAA ACATCAGCAT TCCTAAAGAG GCACATTTCA TCAAGTCAAA AA -             #CTTGTAGG    360                                                                  - - TTTGGCGTGA ATACTTGCAA ATATCTTTCC TCCTTCGGTT TTAAGGTTAG CA -             #GTGACGGT    420                                                                  - - TTGGACAAAG TCATTGTGGG GTCGCCTTTT ACACTAGATG TTGAAGGGGT GC -             #TAATATGC    480                                                                  - - TTTGGTAAGG AGGCAGTGGA TCTCGCTGTT GCGCACAACT CTGAATTCAA AT -             #TACCTTGT    540                                                                  - - GAAGTTAGAG GTTCAACTTT TAACGTCGTA ACTCTTTTGA AATCAAGAGA TC -             #CAACCCCA    600                                                                  - - GAGGATAGGC ACTGGTTTTA CATTGCTGCT ACAAGACACA GGGAGAAATT GA -             #TAATCATG    660                                                                  - - CAG                  - #                  - #                  - #                 663                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 221 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:                                - -      Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu - # Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val         Gly Val                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Phe Ser Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val - # Val Ile His Ser Val Pro        Gly Ser                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu - # Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu         Asn Phe                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Ile Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro - # Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr        Gly Arg                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser Pro Gly - # Cys Ala Val Pro Gly Lys        Val Asn                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val - # Gln Asp Phe Ser Gly Phe         Asp Val                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn - # Ile Ser Ile Pro Lys Glu        Ala His                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Phe Ile Lys Ser Lys Thr Cys Arg - # Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Cys         Lys Tyr                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Leu Ser Ser Phe Gly Phe Lys Val - # Ser Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp        Lys Val                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      Ile Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Thr Leu - # Asp Val Glu Gly Val Leu        Ile Cys                                                                               145             - #    150             - #    155             - #         160                                                                            - -      Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu - # Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser         Glu Phe                                                                                            - #   165              - #   170              - #          175                                                                               - -      Lys Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg Gly - # Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val        Thr Leu                                                                                           180 - #                185 - #                190             - -      Leu Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro Thr Pro - # Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe         Tyr Ile                                                                                       195     - #            200     - #            205                  - -      Ala Ala Thr Arg His Arg Glu Lys - # Leu Ile Ile Met Gln                      210         - #        215         - #        220                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 351 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:                                - - ATGCCTTTTC AGCAGCCTGC GAATTGGGCA AAAACCATAA CTCCATTGAC AG -              #TTGGCTTG     60                                                                  - - GGCATTGGGC TTGTGCTGCA TTTTCTGAGG AAGTCAAATC TACCTTATTC AG -             #GGGACAAC    120                                                                  - - ATCCATCAAT TCCCTCACGG TGGGCGTTAC AGGGACGGTA CAAAAAGTAT AA -             #CTTACTGT    180                                                                  - - GGTCCAAAGC AATCCTTCCC CAGCTCTGGG ATATTCGGCC AATCTGAGAA TT -             #TTGTGCCC    240                                                                  - - TTAATGCTTG TCATAGGTCT AATCGCATTC ATACATGTAT TGTCTGTTTG GA -             #ATTCTGGT    300                                                                  - - CTTGGTAGGA ATTGTAATTG CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCTCAT GTAGACAGCA G - #                 351                                                                         - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 117 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:                                - -      Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn - # Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr         Pro Leu                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu - # Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg        Lys Ser                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn - # Ile His Gln Phe Pro His         Gly Gly                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Arg Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser - # Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro        Lys Gln                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe - # Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe        Val Pro                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Leu Met Leu Val Ile Gly Leu Ile - # Ala Phe Ile His Val Leu         Ser Val                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Trp Asn Ser Gly Leu Gly Arg Asn - # Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn        Pro Cys                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Ser Cys Arg Gln Gln                                                               115                                                                - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 240 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:                                - - ATGTATTGTC TGTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCTTG GTAGGAATTG TAATTGCCAT CC -              #AAATCCTT     60                                                                  - - GCTCATGTAG ACAGCAGTAG TGGCAACCAC CAAGGTTGCT TCATTAGGGC CA -             #CTGGAGAG    120                                                                  - - TCAATTTTGA TTGAAAACTG CGGCCCAAGT GAGGCCCTTG CATCCACTGT GA -             #AGGAGGTG    180                                                                  - - CTGGGAGGTT TGAAGGCTTT AGGGGTTAGC CGTGCTGTTG AAGAAATTGA TT -             #ATCATTGT    240                                                                  - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 80 amino - #acids                                                  (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:                                - -      Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu - # Val Leu Val Gly Ile Val        Ile Ala                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp - # Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His        Gln Gly                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu - # Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn         Cys Gly                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ser Thr - # Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly        Gly Leu                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Arg Ala - # Val Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr        His Cys                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 777 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:                               - - ATGGCAAGTC AAATTGGGAA ACTCCCCGGT GAATCAAATG AGGCTTTTGA AG -              #CCCGGCTA     60                                                                  - - AAATCGCTGG AGTTAGCTAG AGCTCAAAAG CAGCCGGAAG GTTCTAATGC AC -             #CACCTACT    120                                                                  - - CTCAGTGGCA TTCTTGCCAA ACGCAAGAGG ATTATAGAGA ATGCACTTTC AA -             #AGACGGTG    180                                                                  - - GACATGAGGG AGGTTTTGAA ACACGAAACG GTGGTGATTT CCCCAAATGT CA -             #TGGATGAA    240                                                                  - - GGTGCAATAG ACGAGCTGAT TCGTGCATTT GGTGAATCTG GCATAGCTGA AA -             #GCGTGCAA    300                                                                  - - TTTGATGTGG CCATAGATAT AGCACGTCAC TGCTCTGATG TTGGTAGCTC CC -             #AGAGTTCA    360                                                                  - - ACCCTGATTG GCAAGAGTCC ATTTTGTGAC CTAAACAGAT CAGAAATAGC TG -             #GGATTATA    420                                                                  - - AGGGAGGTGA CCACATTACG TAGATTTTGC ATGTACTATG CAAAAATCGT GT -             #GGAACATC    480                                                                  - - CATCTGGAGA CGGGGATACC ACCAGCTAAC TGGGCCAAGA AAGGATTTAA TG -             #AGAATGAA    540                                                                  - - AAGTTTGCAG CCTTTGATTT TTTCTTGGGA GTCACAGATG AGAGTGCGCT TG -             #AACCAAAG    600                                                                  - - GGTGGAATTA AAAGAGCTCC AACGAAAGCT GAGATGGTTG CTAATATCGC CT -             #CTTTTGAG    660                                                                  - - GTTCAAGTGC TCAGACAAGC TATGGCTGAA GGCAAGCGGA GTTCCAACCT TG -             #GAGAGATT    720                                                                  - - AGTGGTGGAA CGGCTGGTGC ACTCATCAAC AACCCCTTTT CAAATGTTAC AC - #ATGAA            777                                                                        - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 259 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:                               - -      Met Ala Ser Gln Ile Gly Lys Leu - # Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu         Ala Phe                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys Ser Leu Glu - # Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys        Gln Pro                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Glu Gly Ser Asn Ala Pro Pro Thr - # Leu Ser Gly Ile Leu Ala         Lys Arg                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Lys Arg Ile Ile Glu Asn Ala Leu - # Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met        Arg Glu                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Val Leu Lys His Glu Thr Val Val - # Ile Ser Pro Asn Val Met        Asp Glu                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Gly Ala Ile Asp Glu Leu Ile Arg - # Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly         Ile Ala                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Glu Ser Val Gln Phe Asp Val Ala - # Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His        Cys Ser                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Asp Val Gly Ser Ser Gln Ser Ser - # Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser         Pro Phe                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Cys Asp Leu Asn Arg Ser Glu Ile - # Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu        Val Thr                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe Cys Met Tyr - # Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp        Asn Ile                                                                               145             - #    150             - #    155             - #         160                                                                            - -      His Leu Glu Thr Gly Ile Pro Pro - # Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys         Gly Phe                                                                                            - #   165              - #   170              - #          175                                                                               - -      Asn Glu Asn Glu Lys Phe Ala Ala - # Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly        Val Thr                                                                                           180 - #                185 - #                190             - -      Asp Glu Ser Ala Leu Glu Pro Lys - # Gly Gly Ile Lys Arg Ala         Pro Thr                                                                                       195     - #            200     - #            205                  - -      Lys Ala Glu Met Val Ala Asn Ile - # Ala Ser Phe Glu Val Gln        Val Leu                                                                                   210         - #        215         - #        220                      - -      Arg Gln Ala Met Ala Glu Gly Lys - # Arg Ser Ser Asn Leu Gly        Glu Ile                                                                               225             - #    230             - #    235             - #         240                                                                            - -      Ser Gly Gly Thr Ala Gly Ala Leu - # Ile Asn Asn Pro Phe Ser         Asn Val                                                                                            - #   245              - #   250              - #          255                                                                               - -      Thr His Glu                                                           - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 2680 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:                               - - GGCTGGGCAA ACTTTGGCCT GCTTTCAACA CGCCGTCTTG GTTCGCTTTG CA -             #CCCTACAT     60                                                                  - - GCGATACATT GAAAAGAAGC TTGTGCAGGC ATTGAAACCA AATTTCTACA TT -             #CATTCTGG    120                                                                  - - CAAAGGTCTT GATGAGCTAA GTGAATGGGT TAGAGCCAGA GGTTTCACAG GT -             #GTGTGTAC    180                                                                  - - TGAGTCAGAC TATGAAGCTT TTGATGCATC CCAAGATCAT TTCATCCTGG CA -             #TTTGAACT    240                                                                  - - GCAAATCATG AGATTTTTAG GACTGCCAGA AGATCTGATT TTAGATTATG AG -             #TTCATCAA    300                                                                  - - AATTCATCTT GGGTCAAAGC TTGGCTCTTT TGCAATTATG AGATTCACAG GT -             #GAGGCAAG    360                                                                  - - CACCTTCCTA TTCAATACTA TGGCCAACAT GCTATTCACT TTCCTGAGGT AT -             #GAGTTGAC    420                                                                  - - AGGTTCTGAA TCAATTGCAT TTGCTGGAGA TGATATGTGT GCTAATCGCA GG -             #TTAAGACT    480                                                                  - - CAAGACTGAG CACGCCGGCT TTCTAAACAT GATCTGTCTC AAAGCTAAGG TG -             #CAGTTTGT    540                                                                  - - CACAAATCCC ACCTTCTGTG GATGGTGTTT GTTTAAAGAG GGAATCTTTA AA -             #AAACCCCA    600                                                                  - - GCTCATTTGG GAAAGGATCT GCATTGCTAG GGAAATGGGT AACTTGGACA AT -             #TGCATTGA    660                                                                  - - CAATTACGCA ATTGAGGTGT CTTATGCTTA CAGACTTGGG GAATTGTCCA TA -             #GGCGTGAT    720                                                                  - - GACTGAGGAG GAAGTTGAAG CACATTCTAA CTGCGTGCGT TTCCTGGTTC GC -             #AATAAGCA    780                                                                  - - CAAGATGAGG TGCTCAATTT CTGGTTTGTT TGAAGTAATT GTTTAGGCCT TA -             #AGTGTTTG    840                                                                  - - GCATGGTGTG AGTATTATGA ATAACTTAGT CAAAGCTTTG TCTGCTTTTG AA -             #TTTGTTGG    900                                                                  - - TGTGTTTTGT GTACTTAAAT TTCCAGTTGT TGTTCACAGT GTTCCAGGTA GC -             #GGTAAAAG    960                                                                  - - TAGCCTAATA AGGGAGCTCA TTTCTGAAGA CGAGGCTTTT GTGGCCTTTA CA -             #GCAGGTGT   1020                                                                  - - GCCAGACAGT CCAAATCTGA CAGGGAGGTA CATCAAGCCC TACGCTCCAG GG -             #TGTGCAGT   1080                                                                  - - GCAAGGGAAA ATAAACATAC TTGATGAGTA CTTGTCTGTC TCTGATACTT CT -             #GGCTTTGA   1140                                                                  - - TGTGCTGTTC TCAGACCCTT ACCAGAATGT CAGCATTCCA AGGGAGGCAC AC -             #TTCATAAA   1200                                                                  - - AACCAAAACC TGTAGGTTTG GTACCAACAC CTGCAAGTAC CTTCAATCTT TT -             #GGCTTTAA   1260                                                                  - - TGTTTGTAGT GATGGGGTGG ATAAAGTTGT TGTAGGGTCG CCATTTGAAC TG -             #GAGGTTGA   1320                                                                  - - GGGGGTTCTC ATTTGCTTTG GAAAGGAGGC TGTAGATCTA GCAGTTGCAC AC -             #AATTCTGA   1380                                                                  - - CTTCAAGTTG CCCTGCGAGG TGCGGGGTTC AACATTTGAC GTTGTAACGT TA -             #TTGAAGTC   1440                                                                  - - CAGGGATCCA ACTTCAGAAG ATAAGCATTG GTTCTACGTT GCAGCCACAA GG -             #CATCGAAG   1500                                                                  - - TAAACTGATA ATAATGCAGT AAAATGCCTT TTCAGCAACC TGCCAACTGG GC -             #TAAGACCA   1560                                                                  - - TAACTCCATT AACTATTGGT TTGGGCATTG GGTTGGTTCT GCACTTCTTA AG -             #GAAATCAA   1620                                                                  - - ATCTGCCATA TTCAGGAGAC AATATTCACC AGTTCCCACA CGGAGGGCAT TA -             #CAGGGACG   1680                                                                  - - GCACGAAGAG TATAACCTAT TGTGGCCCTA GGCAGTCATT CCCAAGCTCA GG -             #AATATTCG   1740                                                                  - - GTCAGTCTGA AAATTTCGTA CCTCTAATAT TGGTCGTGAC TCTGGTCGCT TT -             #TATACATG   1800                                                                  - - CGTTATCTCT TTGGAATTCT GGTCCTAGTA GGAGTTGCAA TTGCCATCCA AA -             #TCCTTGCA   1860                                                                  - - CATGTAGACA GCAGTAGTGG CAACCATCAA GGCTGTTTCA TAAGAGCCAC CG -             #GGGAGTCA   1920                                                                  - - ATAGTAATTG AGAATTGTGG GCCGAGCGAG GCCCTAGCTG CTACAGTCAA AG -             #AGGTGTTG   1980                                                                  - - GGCGGTCTAA AGGCTTTAGG GGTTAGCCAA AAGGTTGATG AAATTAATTA CA -             #GTTGTTGA   2040                                                                  - - GACAGTTGAA TGGCAAGTCA AGTTGGAAAA TTGCCTGGCG AATCAAATGA AG -             #CATATGAG   2100                                                                  - - GCTAGACTCA AGGCTTTAGA GTTAGCAAGG GCCCAAAAAG CTCCAGAAGT CT -             #CCAACCAA   2160                                                                  - - CCTCCCACAC TTGGAGGCAT TCTAGCCAAA AGGAAAAGAG TGATTGAGAA TG -             #CACTCTCA   2220                                                                  - - AAGACAGTGG ATATGCGTGA AGTCTTAAGG CATGAATCTG TTGTACTCTC CC -             #CGAATGTA   2280                                                                  - - ATGGACGAGG GAGCAATAGA CGAGCTGATT CGTGCCTTTG GGGAGTCGGG CA -             #TAGCTGAA   2340                                                                  - - AATGTGCAGT TTGATGTTGC AATAGACATT GCTCGCCACT GTTCTGATGT GG -             #GGAGCTCT   2400                                                                  - - CAGAGGTCAA CCCTTATTGG TAAAAGCCCC TTCTGTGAGT TAAATAGGTC TG -             #AAATTGCC   2460                                                                  - - GGAATAATAA GGGAGGTGAC CACGCTGCGC AGATTTTGCA TGTACTACGC AA -             #AGATTGTG   2520                                                                  - - TGGAACATCC ATTTGGAGAC GGGAATACCA CCAGCTAATT GGGCCAAGAA AG -             #GATTTAAT   2580                                                                  - - GAGAATGAAA AGTTTGCAGC CTTTGACTTC TTCCTTGGAG TCACAGATGA AA -             #GCGCGCTT   2640                                                                  - - GAGCCTAAGG GTGGAGTCAA GAGAGCTCCA ACAAAAGCAG     - #                       - #  2680                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 767 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:                               - - ATGCGATACA TTGAAAAGAA GCTTGTGCAG GCATTGAAAC CAAATTTCTA CA -              #TTCATTCT     60                                                                  - - GGCAAAGGTC TTGATGAGCT AAGTGAATGG GTTAGAGCCA GAGGTTTCAC AG -             #GTGTGTGT    120                                                                  - - ACTGAGTCAG ACTATGAAGC TTTTGATGCA TCCCAAGATC ATTTCATCCT GG -             #CATTTGAA    180                                                                  - - CTGCAAATCA TGAGATTTTT AGGACTGCCA GAAGATCTGA TTTTAGATTA TG -             #AGTTCATC    240                                                                  - - AAAATTCATC TTGGGTCAAA GCTTGGCTCT TTTGCAATTA TGAGATTCAC AG -             #GTGAGGCA    300                                                                  - - AGCACCTTCC TATTCAATAC TATGGCCAAC ATGCTATTCA CTTTCCTGAG GT -             #ATGAGTTG    360                                                                  - - ACAGGTTCTG AATCAATTGC ATTTGCTGGA GATGATATGT GTGCTAATCG CA -             #GGTTAAGA    420                                                                  - - CTCAAGACTG AGCACGCCGG CTTTCTAAAC ATGATCTGTC TCAAAGCTAA GG -             #TGCAGTTT    480                                                                  - - GTCACAAATC CCACCTTCTG TGGATGGTGT TTGTTTAAAG AGGGAATCTT TA -             #AAAAACCC    540                                                                  - - CAGCTCATTT GGGAAAGGAT CTGCATTGCT AGGGAAATGG GTAACTTGGA CA -             #ATTGCATT    600                                                                  - - GACAATTACG CAATTGAGGT GTCTTATGCT TACAGACTTG GGGAATTGTC CA -             #TAGGCGTG    660                                                                  - - ATGACTGAGG AGGAAGTTGA AGCACATTCT AACTGCGTGC GTTTCCTGGT TC -             #GCAATAAG    720                                                                  - - CACAAGATGA GGTGCTCAAT TTCTGGTTTG TTTGAAGTAA TTGTTTA   - #                    767                                                                         - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 255 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:                               - -      Met Arg Tyr Ile Glu Lys Lys Leu - # Val Gln Ala Leu Lys Pro         Asn Phe                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Tyr Ile His Ser Gly Lys Gly Leu - # Asp Glu Leu Ser Glu Trp        Val Arg                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Ala Arg Gly Phe Thr Gly Val Cys - # Thr Glu Ser Asp Tyr Glu         Ala Phe                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp His Phe Ile - # Leu Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln        Ile Met                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Arg Phe Leu Gly Leu Pro Glu Asp - # Leu Ile Leu Asp Tyr Glu        Phe Ile                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Lys Ile His Leu Gly Ser Lys Leu - # Gly Ser Phe Ala Ile Met         Arg Phe                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Thr Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu - # Phe Asn Thr Met Ala Asn        Met Leu                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Phe Thr Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu - # Thr Gly Ser Glu Ser Ile         Ala Phe                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Ala Gly Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn - # Arg Arg Leu Arg Leu Lys        Thr Glu                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      His Ala Gly Phe Leu Asn Met Ile - # Cys Leu Lys Ala Lys Val        Gln Phe                                                                               145             - #    150             - #    155             - #         160                                                                            - -      Val Thr Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly - # Trp Cys Leu Phe Lys Glu         Gly Ile                                                                                            - #   165              - #   170              - #          175                                                                               - -      Phe Lys Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp - # Glu Arg Ile Cys Ile Ala        Arg Glu                                                                                           180 - #                185 - #                190             - -      Met Gly Asn Leu Asp Asn Cys Ile - # Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ile Glu         Val Ser                                                                                       195     - #            200     - #            205                  - -      Tyr Ala Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu - # Ser Ile Gly Val Met Thr        Glu Glu                                                                                   210         - #        215         - #        220                      - -      Glu Val Glu Ala His Ser Asn Cys - # Val Arg Phe Leu Val Arg        Asn Lys                                                                               225             - #    230             - #    235             - #         240                                                                            - -      His Lys Met Arg Cys Ser Ile Ser - # Gly Leu Phe Glu Val Ile         Val                                                                                                - #   245              - #   250              - #          255                                                                               - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 666 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:                               - - ATGAATAACT TAGTCAAAGC TTTGTCTGCT TTTGAATTTG TTGGTGTGTT TT -             #GTGTACTT     60                                                                  - - AAATTTCCAG TTGTTGTTCA CAGTGTTCCA GGTAGCGGTA AAAGTAGCCT AA -             #TAAGGGAG    120                                                                  - - CTCATTTCTG AAGACGAGGC TTTTGTGGCC TTTACAGCAG GTGTGCCAGA CA -             #GTCCAAAT    180                                                                  - - CTGACAGGGA GGTACATCAA GCCCTACGCT CCAGGGTGTG CAGTGCAAGG GA -             #AAATAAAC    240                                                                  - - ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC TGTCTCTGAT ACTTCTGGCT TTGATGTGCT GT -             #TCTCAGAC    300                                                                  - - CCTTACCAGA ATGTCAGCAT TCCAAGGGAG GCACACTTCA TAAAAACCAA AA -             #CCTGTAGG    360                                                                  - - TTTGGTACCA ACACCTGCAA GTACCTTCAA TCTTTTGGCT TTAATGTTTG TA -             #GTGATGGG    420                                                                  - - GTGGATAAAG TTGTTGTAGG GTCGCCATTT GAACTGGAGG TTGAGGGGGT TC -             #TCATTTGC    480                                                                  - - TTTGGAAAGG AGGCTGTAGA TCTAGCAGTT GCACACAATT CTGACTTCAA GT -             #TGCCCTGC    540                                                                  - - GAGGTGCGGG GTTCAACATT TGACGTTGTA ACGTTATTGA AGTCCAGGGA TC -             #CAACTTCA    600                                                                  - - GAAGATAAGC ATTGGTTCTA CGTTGCAGCC ACAAGGCATC GAAGTAAACT GA -             #TAATAATG    660                                                                  - - CAGTAA                 - #                  - #                  -      #          666                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 221 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:                               - -      Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu - # Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Val         Gly Val                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Phe Cys Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val - # Val Val His Ser Val Pro        Gly Ser                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu - # Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu         Ala Phe                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Val Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro - # Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr        Gly Arg                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ala Pro Gly - # Cys Ala Val Gln Gly Lys        Ile Asn                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val - # Ser Asp Thr Ser Gly Phe         Asp Val                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn - # Val Ser Ile Pro Arg Glu        Ala His                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Phe Ile Lys Thr Lys Thr Cys Arg - # Phe Gly Thr Asn Thr Cys         Lys Tyr                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Leu Gln Ser Phe Gly Phe Asn Val - # Cys Ser Asp Gly Val Asp        Lys Val                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      Val Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Glu Leu - # Glu Val Glu Gly Val Leu        Ile Cys                                                                               145             - #    150             - #    155             - #         160                                                                            - -      Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu - # Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser         Asp Phe                                                                                            - #   165              - #   170              - #          175                                                                               - -      Lys Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg Gly - # Ser Thr Phe Asp Val Val        Thr Leu                                                                                           180 - #                185 - #                190             - -      Leu Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro Thr Ser - # Glu Asp Lys His Trp Phe         Tyr Val                                                                                       195     - #            200     - #            205                  - -      Ala Ala Thr Arg His Arg Ser Lys - # Leu Ile Ile Met Gln                      210         - #        215         - #        220                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 354 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:                               - - ATGCCTTTTC AGCAACCTGC CAACTGGGCT AAGACCATAA CTCCATTAAC TA -              #TTGGTTTG     60                                                                  - - GGCATTGGGT TGGTTCTGCA CTTCTTAAGG AAATCAAATC TGCCATATTC AG -             #GAGACAAT    120                                                                  - - ATTCACCAGT TCCCACACGG AGGGCATTAC AGGGACGGCA CGAAGAGTAT AA -             #CCTATTGT    180                                                                  - - GGCCCTAGGC AGTCATTCCC AAGCTCAGGA ATATTCGGTC AGTCTGAAAA TT -             #TCGTACCT    240                                                                  - - CTAATATTGG TCGTGACTCT GGTCGCTTTT ATACATGCGT TATCTCTTTG GA -             #ATTCTGGT    300                                                                  - - CCTAGTAGGA GTTGCAATTG CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCACAT GTAGACAGCA GT - #AG               354                                                                        - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 117 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:                               - -      Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn - # Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr         Pro Leu                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Thr Ile Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu - # Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg        Lys Ser                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn - # Ile His Gln Phe Pro His         Gly Gly                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      His Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ser - # Ile Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro        Arg Gln                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Ser Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe - # Gly Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe        Val Pro                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Leu Ile Leu Val Val Thr Leu Val - # Ala Phe Ile His Ala Leu         Ser Leu                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Trp Asn Ser Gly Pro Ser Arg Ser - # Cys Asn Cys His Pro Asn        Pro Cys                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Thr Cys Arg Gln Gln                                                               115                                                                - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 243 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:                               - - ATGCGTTATC TCTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCCTA GTAGGAGTTG CAATTGCCAT CC -              #AAATCCTT     60                                                                  - - GCACATGTAG ACAGCAGTAG TGGCAACCAT CAAGGCTGTT TCATAAGAGC CA -             #CCGGGGAG    120                                                                  - - TCAATAGTAA TTGAGAATTG TGGGCCGAGC GAGGCCCTAG CTGCTACAGT CA -             #AAGAGGTG    180                                                                  - - TTGGGCGGTC TAAAGGCTTT AGGGGTTAGC CAAAAGGTTG ATGAAATTAA TT -             #ACAGTTGT    240                                                                  - - TGA                  - #                  - #                  - #                 243                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 80 amino - #acids                                                  (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:                               - -      Met Arg Tyr Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu - # Val Leu Val Gly Val Ala         Ile Ala                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp - # Ser Ser Ser Gly Asn His        Gln Gly                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu - # Ser Ile Val Ile Glu Asn         Cys Gly                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ala Thr - # Val Lys Glu Val Leu Gly        Gly Leu                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Ser Gln Lys - # Val Asp Glu Ile Asn Tyr        Ser Cys                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 631 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:                               - - ATGGCAAGTC AAGTTGGAAA ATTGCCTGGC GAATCAAATG AAGCATATGA GG -              #CTAGACTC     60                                                                  - - AAGGCTTTAG AGTTAGCAAG GGCCCAAAAA GCTCCAGAAG TCTCCAACCA AC -             #CTCCCACA    120                                                                  - - CTTGGAGGCA TTCTAGCCAA AAGGAAAAGA GTGATTGAGA ATGCACTCTC AA -             #AGACAGTG    180                                                                  - - GATATGCGTG AAGTCTTAAG GCATGAATCT GTTGTACTCT CCCCGAATGT AA -             #TGGACGAG    240                                                                  - - GGAGCAATAG ACGAGCTGAT TCGTGCCTTT GGGGAGTCGG GCATAGCTGA AA -             #ATGTGCAG    300                                                                  - - TTTGATGTTG CAATAGACAT TGCTCGCCAC TGTTCTGATG TGGGGAGCTC TC -             #AGAGGTCA    360                                                                  - - ACCCTTATTG GTAAAAGCCC CTTCTGTGAG TTAAATAGGT CTGAAATTGC CG -             #GAATAATA    420                                                                  - - AGGGAGGTGA CCACGCTGCG CAGATTTTGC ATGTACTACG CAAAGATTGT GT -             #GGAACATC    480                                                                  - - CATTTGGAGA CGGGAATACC ACCAGCTAAT TGGGCCAAGA AAGGATTTAA TG -             #AGAATGAA    540                                                                  - - AAGTTTGCAG CCTTTGACTT CTTCCTTGGA GTCACAGATG AAAGCGCGCT TG -             #AGCCTAAG    600                                                                  - - GGTGGAGTCA AGAGAGCTCC AACAAAAGCA G        - #                  - #              631                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 210 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:                               - -      Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly Lys Leu - # Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu         Ala Tyr                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys Ala Leu Glu - # Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys        Ala Pro                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Glu Val Ser Asn Gln Pro Pro Thr - # Leu Gly Gly Ile Leu Ala         Lys Arg                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Lys Arg Val Ile Glu Asn Ala Leu - # Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met        Arg Glu                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Val Leu Arg His Glu Ser Val Val - # Leu Ser Pro Asn Val Met        Asp Glu                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Gly Ala Ile Asp Glu Leu Ile Arg - # Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly         Ile Ala                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Glu Asn Val Gln Phe Asp Val Ala - # Ile Asp Ile Ala Arg His        Cys Ser                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Asp Val Gly Ser Ser Gln Arg Ser - # Thr Leu Ile Gly Lys Ser         Pro Phe                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Cys Glu Leu Asn Arg Ser Glu Ile - # Ala Gly Ile Ile Arg Glu        Val Thr                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      Thr Leu Arg Arg Phe Cys Met Tyr - # Tyr Ala Lys Ile Val Trp        Asn Ile                                                                               145             - #    150             - #    155             - #         160                                                                            - -      His Leu Glu Thr Gly Ile Pro Pro - # Ala Asn Trp Ala Lys Lys         Gly Phe                                                                                            - #   165              - #   170              - #          175                                                                               - -      Asn Glu Asn Glu Lys Phe Ala Ala - # Phe Asp Phe Phe Leu Gly        Val Thr                                                                                           180 - #                185 - #                190             - -      Asp Glu Ser Ala Leu Glu Pro Lys - # Gly Gly Val Lys Arg Ala         Pro Thr                                                                                       195     - #            200     - #            205                  - -      Lys Ala                                                                       210                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 2009 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:                               - - GAAGCTAGCA CATTTCTGTT CAACACTATG GCTAACATGT TGTTCACTTT TC -             #TGAGATAT     60                                                                  - - GAACTGACGG GTTCAGAGTC AATAGCATTT GCAGGGGATG ATATGTGTGC TA -             #ATAGAAGG    120                                                                  - - TTGCGGCTTA AAACGGAGCA TGAGGGTTTT CTGAACATGA TCTGCCTTAA GG -             #CCAAGGTT    180                                                                  - - CAGTTTGTTT CCAACCCCAC ATTCTGTGGA TGGTGCTTAT TTAAGGAGGG AA -             #TCTTCAAG    240                                                                  - - AAACCTCAAC TAATTTGGGA GCGAATATGC ATAGCCAGAG AGATGGGCAA TC -             #TGGAGAAC    300                                                                  - - TGTATTGACA ATTATGCGAT AGAAGTGTCC TATGCATATA GATTGGGTGA GC -             #TATCAATT    360                                                                  - - GAAATGATGA CAGAAGAAGA AGTGGAGGCA CACTACAATT GTGTGAGGTT CC -             #TGGTTAGG    420                                                                  - - AACAAGCATA AGATGAGGTG CTCAATTTCA GGCCTGTTTG AAGTGGTTGA TT -             #AGGCCTTA    480                                                                  - - AGTATTTGGC GTTGTTCGAG TTATTATGAA TAATTTAGTT AAAGCATTAT CA -             #GCCTTCGA    540                                                                  - - GTTTATAGGT GTTTTCAATG TGCTCAAATT TCCAGTTGTT ATACATAGTG TG -             #CCTGGTAG    600                                                                  - - TGGTAAGAGT AGCTTAATAA GGGAATTAAT CTCAGAGGAC GAGAGTTTCG TG -             #GCTTTCAC    660                                                                  - - AGCAGGTGTT CCAGACAGTC CTAACCTCAC AGGGAGGTAC ATCAAGCCTT AC -             #TCACCAGG    720                                                                  - - ATGCGCAGTG CAAGGAAAAG TGAATATACT TGATGAGTAC TTGTCCGTTC AA -             #GACATTTC    780                                                                  - - GGGTTTTGAT GTACTGTTTT CAGACCCGTA CCAGAATATC AGTATTCCCC AA -             #GAGGCGCA    840                                                                  - - TTTCATTAAG TCCAAGACTT GTAGGTTTGG TGTGAACACT TGCAAATACC TT -             #TCCTCTTT    900                                                                  - - CGGTTTCGAA GTTAGCAGCG ACGGGCTGGA CGACGTCATT GTGGGATCGC CC -             #TTCACTCT    960                                                                  - - AGATGTTGAA GGGGTGCTGA TATGTTTTGG CAAGGAGGCG GTAGATCTCG CT -             #GTTGCGCA   1020                                                                  - - CAACTCTGAA TTCAAGTTGC CGTGTGAGGT TCGAGGTTCA ACCTTCAATG TG -             #GTAACCCT   1080                                                                  - - TTTGAAATCA AGAGACCCAA CCCCAGAGGA CAGGCACTGG TTTTACATCG CT -             #GCCACAAG   1140                                                                  - - ACATAGGAAG AAATTGGTCA TTATGCAGTA AAATGCCTTT TCAGCAGCCT GC -             #TAATTGGG   1200                                                                  - - CAAAAACCAT AACTCCATTG ACTATTGGCT TAGGAATTGG ACTTGTGCTG CA -             #TTTTCTGA   1260                                                                  - - GAAAGTCAAA TCTACCATAT TCAGGAGACA ACATCCATCA ATTTCCTCAC GG -             #GGGGCGTT   1320                                                                  - - ACCGGGACGG CACAAAAAGT ATAACTTACT GTGGCCCTAA GCAGTCCTTC CC -             #CAGTTCAG   1380                                                                  - - GAATATTTGG TCAGTCTGAG AATTTTGTGC CCTTAATGCT TGTCATAGGT CT -             #AATTGCAT   1440                                                                  - - TCATACATGT ATTGTCTGTT TGGAATTCTG GTCTTGGTAG GAATTGCAAT TG -             #CCATCCAA   1500                                                                  - - ATCCTTGCTC ATGTAGACAA CAGTAGTGGC AGTCACCAAG GTTGCTTTAT CA -             #GGGCCACT   1560                                                                  - - GGAGAGTCTA TTTTGATTGA AAATTGTGGC CCAAGCGAGG CCCTTGCATC AA -             #CAGTGAGG   1620                                                                  - - GAGGTGTTGG GGGGTTTGAA GGCTTTAGGA ATTAGCCATA CTACTGAAGA AA -             #TTGATTAT   1680                                                                  - - CGTTGTTAAA TTGGTTAAAT GGCGAGTCAA GTTGGTAAGC TCCCCGGAGA AT -             #CAAATGAG   1740                                                                  - - GCATTTGAAG CCCGGCTGAA ATCACTGGAG TTGGCTAGAG CTCAAAAGCA GC -             #CAGAAGGT   1800                                                                  - - TCAAACACAC CGCCTACTCT CAGTGGTGTG CTTGCCAAAC GTAAGAGGGT TA -             #TTGAGAAT   1860                                                                  - - GCACTCTCAA AGACAGTGGA CATGAGGGAG GTGTTGAAAC ACGAAACGGT TG -             #TAATTTCC   1920                                                                  - - CCAAATGTCA TGGATGAGGG TGCAATAGAT GAACTGATTC GTGCATTCGG AG -             #AATCAGGC   1980                                                                  - - ATAGCTGAGA GCGCACAATT TGATGTGGC         - #                  - #               2009                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 447 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:                               - - GAAGCTAGCA CATTTCTGTT CAACACTATG GCTAACATGT TGTTCACTTT TC -              #TGAGATAT     60                                                                  - - GAACTGACGG GTTCAGAGTC AATAGCATTT GCAGGGGATG ATATGTGTGC TA -             #ATAGAAGG    120                                                                  - - TTGCGGCTTA AAACGGAGCA TGAGGGTTTT CTGAACATGA TCTGCCTTAA GG -             #CCAAGGTT    180                                                                  - - CAGTTTGTTT CCAACCCCAC ATTCTGTGGA TGGTGCTTAT TTAAGGAGGG AA -             #TCTTCAAG    240                                                                  - - AAACCTCAAC TAATTTGGGA GCGAATATGC ATAGCCAGAG AGATGGGCAA TC -             #TGGAGAAC    300                                                                  - - TGTATTGACA ATTATGCGAT AGAAGTGTCC TATGCATATA GATTGGGTGA GC -             #TATCAATT    360                                                                  - - GAAATGATGA CAGAAGAAGA AGTGGAGGCA CACTACAATT GTGTGAGGTT CC -             #TGGTTAGG    420                                                                  - - AACAAGCATA AGATGAGGTG CTCAATT          - #                  - #                 447                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 149 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:                               - -      Glu Ala Ser Thr Phe Leu Phe Asn - # Thr Met Ala Asn Met Leu         Phe Thr                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Phe Leu Arg Tyr Glu Leu Thr Gly - # Ser Glu Ser Ile Ala Phe        Ala Gly                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Asp Asp Met Cys Ala Asn Arg Arg - # Leu Arg Leu Lys Thr Glu         His Glu                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Gly Phe Leu Asn Met Ile Cys Leu - # Lys Ala Lys Val Gln Phe        Val Ser                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Asn Pro Thr Phe Cys Gly Trp Cys - # Leu Phe Lys Glu Gly Ile        Phe Lys                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Lys Pro Gln Leu Ile Trp Glu Arg - # Ile Cys Ile Ala Arg Glu         Met Gly                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Asn Leu Glu Asn Cys Ile Asp Asn - # Tyr Ala Ile Glu Val Ser        Tyr Ala                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Tyr Arg Leu Gly Glu Leu Ser Ile - # Glu Met Met Thr Glu Glu         Glu Val                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Glu Ala His Tyr Asn Cys Val Arg - # Phe Leu Val Arg Asn Lys        His Lys                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      Met Arg Cys Ser Ile                                                       145                                                                        - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 666 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:                               - - ATGAATAATT TAGTTAAAGC ATTATCAGCC TTCGAGTTTA TAGGTGTTTT CA -             #ATGTGCTC     60                                                                  - - AAATTTCCAG TTGTTATACA TAGTGTGCCT GGTAGTGGTA AGAGTAGCTT AA -             #TAAGGGAA    120                                                                  - - TTAATCTCAG AGGACGAGAG TTTCGTGGCT TTCACAGCAG GTGTTCCAGA CA -             #GTCCTAAC    180                                                                  - - CTCACAGGGA GGTACATCAA GCCTTACTCA CCAGGATGCG CAGTGCAAGG AA -             #AAGTGAAT    240                                                                  - - ATACTTGATG AGTACTTGTC CGTTCAAGAC ATTTCGGGTT TTGATGTACT GT -             #TTTCAGAC    300                                                                  - - CCGTACCAGA ATATCAGTAT TCCCCAAGAG GCGCATTTCA TTAAGTCCAA GA -             #CTTGTAGG    360                                                                  - - TTTGGTGTGA ACACTTGCAA ATACCTTTCC TCTTTCGGTT TCGAAGTTAG CA -             #GCGACGGG    420                                                                  - - CTGGACGACG TCATTGTGGG ATCGCCCTTC ACTCTAGATG TTGAAGGGGT GC -             #TGATATGT    480                                                                  - - TTTGGCAAGG AGGCGGTAGA TCTCGCTGTT GCGCACAACT CTGAATTCAA GT -             #TGCCGTGT    540                                                                  - - GAGGTTCGAG GTTCAACCTT CAATGTGGTA ACCCTTTTGA AATCAAGAGA CC -             #CAACCCCA    600                                                                  - - GAGGACAGGC ACTGGTTTTA CATCGCTGCC ACAAGACATA GGAAGAAATT GG -             #TCATTATG    660                                                                  - - CAGTAA                 - #                  - #                  -      #          666                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 221 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:                               - -      Met Asn Asn Leu Val Lys Ala Leu - # Ser Ala Phe Glu Phe Ile         Gly Val                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Phe Asn Val Leu Lys Phe Pro Val - # Val Ile His Ser Val Pro        Gly Ser                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Gly Lys Ser Ser Leu Ile Arg Glu - # Leu Ile Ser Glu Asp Glu         Ser Phe                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Val Ala Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Pro - # Asp Ser Pro Asn Leu Thr        Gly Arg                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Tyr Ile Lys Pro Tyr Ser Pro Gly - # Cys Ala Val Gln Gly Lys        Val Asn                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Ile Leu Asp Glu Tyr Leu Ser Val - # Gln Asp Ile Ser Gly Phe         Asp Val                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Leu Phe Ser Asp Pro Tyr Gln Asn - # Ile Ser Ile Pro Gln Glu        Ala His                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Phe Ile Lys Ser Lys Thr Cys Arg - # Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Cys         Lys Tyr                                                                                       115     - #            120     - #            125                  - -      Leu Ser Ser Phe Gly Phe Glu Val - # Ser Ser Asp Gly Leu Asp        Asp Val                                                                                   130         - #        135         - #        140                      - -      Ile Val Gly Ser Pro Phe Thr Leu - # Asp Val Glu Gly Val Leu        Ile Cys                                                                               145             - #    150             - #    155             - #         160                                                                            - -      Phe Gly Lys Glu Ala Val Asp Leu - # Ala Val Ala His Asn Ser         Glu Phe                                                                                            - #   165              - #   170              - #          175                                                                               - -      Lys Leu Pro Cys Glu Val Arg Gly - # Ser Thr Phe Asn Val Val        Thr Leu                                                                                           180 - #                185 - #                190             - -      Leu Lys Ser Arg Asp Pro Thr Pro - # Glu Asp Arg His Trp Phe         Tyr Ile                                                                                       195     - #            200     - #            205                  - -      Ala Ala Thr Arg His Arg Lys Lys - # Leu Val Ile Met Gln                      210         - #        215         - #        220                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 354 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:                               - - ATGCCTTTTC AGCAGCCTGC TAATTGGGCA AAAACCATAA CTCCATTGAC TA -              #TTGGCTTA     60                                                                  - - GGAATTGGAC TTGTGCTGCA TTTTCTGAGA AAGTCAAATC TACCATATTC AG -             #GAGACAAC    120                                                                  - - ATCCATCAAT TTCCTCACGG GGGGCGTTAC CGGGACGGCA CAAAAAGTAT AA -             #CTTACTGT    180                                                                  - - GGCCCTAAGC AGTCCTTCCC CAGTTCAGGA ATATTTGGTC AGTCTGAGAA TT -             #TTGTGCCC    240                                                                  - - TTAATGCTTG TCATAGGTCT AATTGCATTC ATACATGTAT TGTCTGTTTG GA -             #ATTCTGGT    300                                                                  - - CTTGGTAGGA ATTGCAATTG CCATCCAAAT CCTTGCTCAT GTAGACAACA GT - #AG               354                                                                        - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 116 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:                               - -      Met Pro Phe Gln Gln Pro Ala Asn - # Trp Ala Lys Thr Ile Thr         Pro Leu                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Thr Ile Gly Leu Gly Ile Gly Leu - # Val Leu His Phe Leu Arg        Lys Ser                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Asn Leu Pro Tyr Ser Gly Asp Asn - # Ile His Gln Phe Pro His         Gly Gly                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Arg Tyr Arg Asp Gly Thr Lys Ile - # Thr Tyr Cys Gly Pro Lys        Gln Ser                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Phe Pro Ser Ser Gly Ile Phe Gly - # Gln Ser Glu Asn Phe Val        Pro Leu                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Met Leu Val Ile Gly Leu Ile Ala - # Phe Ile His Val Leu Ser         Val Trp                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Asn Ser Gly Leu Gly Arg Asn Cys - # Asn Cys His Pro Asn Pro        Cys Ser                                                                                           100 - #                105 - #                110             - -      Cys Arg Gln Gln                                                                   115                                                                - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 243 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:30:                               - - ATGTATTGTC TGTTTGGAAT TCTGGTCTTG GTAGGAATTG CAATTGCCAT CC -              #AAATCCTT     60                                                                  - - GCTCATGTAG ACAACAGTAG TGGCAGTCAC CAAGGTTGCT TTATCAGGGC CA -             #CTGGAGAG    120                                                                  - - TCTATTTTGA TTGAAAATTG TGGCCCAAGC GAGGCCCTTG CATCAACAGT GA -             #GGGAGGTG    180                                                                  - - TTGGGGGGTT TGAAGGCTTT AGGAATTAGC CATACTACTG AAGAAATTGA TT -             #ATCGTTGT    240                                                                  - - TAA                  - #                  - #                  - #                 243                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 80 amino - #acids                                                  (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:31:                               - -      Met Tyr Cys Leu Phe Gly Ile Leu - # Val Leu Val Gly Ile Ala         Ile Ala                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala His Val Asp - # Asn Ser Ser Gly Ser His        Gln Gly                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Cys Phe Ile Arg Ala Thr Gly Glu - # Ser Ile Leu Ile Glu Asn         Cys Gly                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Pro Ser Glu Ala Leu Ala Ser Thr - # Val Arg Glu Val Leu Gly        Gly Leu                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Lys Ala Leu Gly Ile Ser His Thr - # Thr Glu Glu Ile Asp Tyr        Arg Cys                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:32:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 311 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:32:                               - - ATGGCGAGTC AAGTTGGTAA GCTCCCCGGA GAATCAAATG AGGCATTTGA AG -              #CCCGGCTG     60                                                                  - - AAATCACTGG AGTTGGCTAG AGCTCAAAAG CAGCCAGAAG GTTCAAACAC AC -             #CGCCTACT    120                                                                  - - CTCAGTGGTG TGCTTGCCAA ACGTAAGAGG GTTATTGAGA ATGCACTCTC AA -             #AGACAGTG    180                                                                  - - GACATGAGGG AGGTGTTGAA ACACGAAACG GTTGTAATTT CCCCAAATGT CA -             #TGGATGAG    240                                                                  - - GGTGCAATAG ATGAACTGAT TCGTGCATTC GGAGAATCAG GCATAGCTGA GA -             #GCGCACAA    300                                                                  - - TTTGATGTGG C               - #                  - #                       - #      311                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:33:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 103 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS:                                                              (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:33:                               - -      Met Ala Ser Gln Val Gly Lys Leu - # Pro Gly Glu Ser Asn Glu         Ala Phe                                                                               1             - #  5                - #   10               - #          15                                                                                - -      Glu Ala Arg Leu Lys Ser Leu Glu - # Leu Ala Arg Ala Gln Lys        Gln Pro                                                                                           20 - #                 25 - #                 30              - -      Glu Gly Ser Asn Thr Pro Pro Thr - # Leu Ser Gly Val Leu Ala         Lys Arg                                                                                       35     - #             40     - #             45                   - -      Lys Arg Val Ile Glu Asn Ala Leu - # Ser Lys Thr Val Asp Met        Arg Glu                                                                                   50         - #         55         - #         60                       - -      Val Leu Lys His Glu Thr Val Val - # Ile Ser Pro Asn Val Met        Asp Glu                                                                               65             - #     70             - #     75             - #          80                                                                             - -      Gly Ala Ile Asp Glu Leu Ile Arg - # Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Gly         Ile Ala                                                                                            - #   85               - #   90               - #          95                                                                                - -      Glu Ser Ala Gln Phe Asp Val                                                           100                                                            - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:34:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1206 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:34:                               - - GCAGGATTGA AGGCTGGCCA CTGTGTGATT TTTGATGAGG TCCAGTTGTT TC -             #CTCCTGGA     60                                                                  - - TACATCGATC TATGCTTGCT TATTATACGT AGTGATGCTT TCATTTCACT TG -             #CCGGTGAT    120                                                                  - - CCATGTCAAA GCACATATGA TTCGCAAAAG GATCGGGCAA TTTTGGGCGC TG -             #AGCAGAGT    180                                                                  - - GACATACTTA GAATGCTTGA GGGCAAAACG TATAGGTATA ACATAGAAAG CA -             #GGAGGTTT    240                                                                  - - GTGAACCCAA TGTTCGAATC AAGACTGCCA TGTCACTTCA AAAAGGGTTC GA -             #TGACTGCC    300                                                                  - - GCTTTCGCTG ATTATGCAAT CTTCCATAAT ATGCATGACT TTCTCCTGGC GA -             #GGTCAAAA    360                                                                  - - GGTCCTTTGG ATGCCGTTTT GGTTTCCAGT TTTGAGGAGA AAAAGATAGT CC -             #AGTCCTAC    420                                                                  - - TTTGGAATGA AACAGCTCAC ACTCACATTT GGTGAATCAA CTGGGTTGAA TT -             #TCAAAAAT    480                                                                  - - GGGGGAATTC TCATATCACA TGATTCCTTT CACACAGATG ATCGGCCGGT GG -             #CTTACTGC    540                                                                  - - TTTATCTCGC TTCAGCCACA ATTTGGATTT GGTGAACATT ACAGGTCTGA GG -             #GTGGAAAG    600                                                                  - - TTTCCTCTCG CACTTTGCTG GCAAACCCCT CTACCATTTT TTAACAGCCA AA -             #AGTGGGGA    660                                                                  - - GAATGTCATA CGAGATTTGC TCCCAGGTGA GCCTAACTTC TTCAGTGGCT TT -             #AACGTTAG    720                                                                  - - CATTGGAAAG AATGAAGGTG TTAGGGAGGA GAAGTTATGT GGTGACCCAT GG -             #TTAAAAGT    780                                                                  - - CATGCTTTTC CTGGGTCAAG ATGAGGATTG TGAAGTTGAA GAGATGGAGT CA -             #GAGTGCTC    840                                                                  - - AAATGAAGAA TGGTTTAAAA CCCACATTCC CCTGAGTAAT CTGGAGTCAA CC -             #AGGGCTAG    900                                                                  - - GTGGGTGGGT AAAATGGCTT TGAAAGAGTA TCGGGAGGTG CGTTGTGGTT AT -             #GAAATGAC    960                                                                  - - TCAACAATTC TTTGATGAGC ATAGGGGTGG AACTGGTGAG CAACTGAGCA AT -             #GCATGTGA   1020                                                                  - - GAGGTTTGAA AGCATTTACC CAAGGCATAA AGGAAATGAT TCAATAACCT TC -             #CTTATGGC   1080                                                                  - - TGTCCGAAAG CGTCTCAAAT TTTCGAAGCC CCAGGTTGAA GCTGCCAAAC TG -             #AGGCGGGC   1140                                                                  - - CAAACCATAT GGGAAATTCT TATTAGACTT TCCTATCCAA AATCCCATTG AA -             #AGCCAGTC   1200                                                                  - - ATAATT                 - #                  - #                  -      #         1206                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:35:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1284 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:35:                               - - ATTAACCCAA ATGGTAAGAT TTCCGCCTTG TTTGATATAA CCAATGAGCA CA -              #TAAGGCAT     60                                                                  - - GTTGAGAAGA TCGGCAATGG CCCTCAGAGC ATAAAAGTAG ATGAGTTGAG GA -             #AGGTTAAG    120                                                                  - - CGATCCGCCC TTGATCTTCT TTCAATGAAT GGGTCCAAAA TAACCTATTT TC -             #CAAACTTT    180                                                                  - - GAGCGGGCTG AAAAGTTGCA AGGGTGCTTG CTAGGGGGCC TAACTGGTGT CA -             #TAAGTGAT    240                                                                  - - GAAAAGTTCA GTGATGCAAA ACCCTGGCTT TCTGGTATAT CAACTGCGGA TA -             #TAAAGCCA    300                                                                  - - AGAGAGCTAA CTGTCGTGCT TGGCACTTTT GGGGCTGGAA AGAGTTTCTT GT -             #ATAAGAGT    360                                                                  - - TTCATGAAGA GATCTGAGGG AAAATTTGTA ACTTTTGTTT CCCCTAGACG AG -             #CCTTGGCA    420                                                                  - - AATTCAATCA AAAATGATCT TGAAATGGAT GATGGCTGCA AAGTTGCCAA AG -             #CAGGCAAA    480                                                                  - - TCAAAGAAGG AAGGGTGGGA TGTAGTGACC TTTGAAGTTT TCCTTAGAAA AG -             #TTTCTGGT    540                                                                  - - TTGAAAGCTG GTCATTGTGT GATTTTTGAT GAGGTTCAGT TGTTTCCCCC TG -             #GATACATC    600                                                                  - - GATCTGTGTT TACTTGTCAT ACGAAGTGAT GCTTTCATTT CACTTGCTGG TG -             #ATCCATGC    660                                                                  - - CAGAGCACAT ATGATTCACA GAAGGATCGA GCAATTTTGG GAGCTGAGCA GA -             #GTGACATA    720                                                                  - - CTCAGACTGC TTGAAGGAAA GACATATAGG TACAACATAG AAAGCAGACG TT -             #TTGTGAAC    780                                                                  - - CCAATGTTTG AATCTAGACT ACCATGTCAC TTCAAAAAGG GTTCAATGAC TG -             #CAGCCTTT    840                                                                  - - GCTGATTATG CAATCTTCCA CAATATGCAT GACTTCCTCC TGGCGAGGTC AA -             #AAGGCCCC    900                                                                  - - TTGGATGCTG TTCTAGTTTC CAGTTTTGAG GAGAAGAAAA TAGTCCAATC CT -             #ACTTTGGG    960                                                                  - - ATGAAGCAAC TCACTCTCAC ATTTGGTGAA TCAACTGGGT TGAACTTCAA AA -             #ATGGAGGA   1020                                                                  - - ATTCTCATAT CACATGACTC CTTTCATACT GACGATCGAC GGTGGCTTAC TG -             #CTTTATCT   1080                                                                  - - CGATTCAGCC ATAATTTGGA TTTGGTGAAC ATCACAGGTC TTGAGGGTGG AA -             #AGTTTTCT   1140                                                                  - - CTCACATTTT GCTGGTAAAC CCCTTTACCA CTTTTTGACG GCTTAAAAGT GG -             #AGAGAATG   1200                                                                  - - TCATACGAGA CCTGCTTCAG GTGAGCCTAA CTTCTTTTAG GGGTTCAATG TC -             #AGCATTGG   1260                                                                  - - AAAAAAATGG AAGGGGTTAG AGAA          - #                  - #                   1284                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:36:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1402 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:36:                               - - CATTTTTAAA ATTTAATCCA GTCGACTCAC CAAATGTGAG CGTAAGCTGT TT -              #CATCCCAA     60                                                                  - - AGTAGGACTG GACTATTTTC TTCTCCTCAA AACTAGAAAC CAGAATGGCA TC -             #CAAAGGAC    120                                                                  - - CTTTTGACCT TGCCAGGAGG AAATCATGCA TATTGTGGAA AATGGCATAA TC -             #AGCAAAGG    180                                                                  - - CAGCAGTCAT TGTACCCTTT TTGAAGTGAC ATGGCAGTCG AGATTCAAAC AT -             #TGGGTTCA    240                                                                  - - CAAATCTTCT GCTTTCTATG TTGTACCTAT ACGTCTTGCC TTCAAGTATT TT -             #GAGTATGT    300                                                                  - - CACTCTGCTC AGCGCCCAAA ATCGCCCGAT CTTTTTGTGA GTCATATGTG CT -             #CTGACATG    360                                                                  - - GGTCACCAGC AAGTGAAATG AAAGCATCAC TACGTATAAT AAGCAAACAT AG -             #ATCGATGT    420                                                                  - - ATCCAGGGGG AAACAACTGG ACCTCATCGA AAATTACACA GTGACCAGCT TT -             #TAGACCTG    480                                                                  - - CAACTTTTCT AAGGAAGACT TCAAAAGTCA CAACATCCCA TCCTTCCTTC TT -             #TGACCTGC    540                                                                  - - CTGCTTTGGC AACTTTGCAG CTATCATCCA TTTCAAGATC ATTTTTGATT GA -             #ATTCGCTA    600                                                                  - - GAGCCCGTCT GGGGGAAACA AAAGTTACGA ATTTACCCTC AGATCTTTTC AT -             #AAAGCTCT    660                                                                  - - TGTACAAAAA GCTTTTTCCG GCTCCAAATG TGCCAAGCAC AACAGTTAGC TC -             #CCTCGGCT    720                                                                  - - TAATGTCAGT AGTTGATATA CCAGAAAGCC AGGGCTTTGC ATCACTGAAC TT -             #CTCATCAC    780                                                                  - - TTATGACACC AGTTAGGCCT CCTAGCAGAC ACCCTTGCAA CTTTTCAGCC CG -             #CTCAAAAC    840                                                                  - - TTGGGAAGTA GGTTACCTTG GACCCATTAA TTGAAAGAAG ATCAAGGGCG GA -             #TCGCTTGA    900                                                                  - - CCTTTCGCAA TTCATCTACT TTAATGCTCT GAGGGCCATT ACCTATCTTT TC -             #AACATGCC    960                                                                  - - TTATGTGCTC ATTAGTTATG TCAAACAGAG CGGAAAACTT GCCATGTGGA TT -             #AATCACCT   1020                                                                  - - CAATTTCCCC ATTTATGTCA CACTTAGCGC AAATGTCAAA AGCCTCAAAG GC -             #TTCAGCTA   1080                                                                  - - AGTTACATCA TGTTGAGCCT CCCCCTTGGC AAAGCTCCTC AAAAATGTGG TT -             #AGTGCTAG   1140                                                                  - - GCCTGCACAA TAATTAACAC ATCAACTTCA CCCTGCCAAT GCTGAACAAT AC -             #TGTTATCA   1200                                                                  - - TGCAACCATC CATGGGGCAC ATGGTTGGAA TTGATTGATT TAAGGCAAAA AT -             #CCCCACAG   1260                                                                  - - GGGGCATCCC CTTCCCCAAT TTCCACTGAT TCATACTCTG GCGTTATCAT AT -             #CAACCCAA   1320                                                                  - - TGTGTCAAAT ACAAATAATG CAATCTCTCA TCTCCGATAA CATTTCCCCC AT -             #TTTTTAAA   1380                                                                  - - AATGGTGGGG TGAAAATTGG AA           - #                  - #                    1402                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:37:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1236 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:37:                               - - GTGGTTTTTG CAACAACAGG CCCAGGTCTA TCTAAGGTTT TGGAAATGCC TC -              #GAAGCAAG     60                                                                  - - AAGCAATCTA TTCTGGTTCT TGAGGGAGCC CTATCCATAG AAACGGACTA TG -             #GCCCAAAA    120                                                                  - - GTTCTGGGAT CTTTTGAAGT TTTCAAAGGG GATTTCAACA TTAAAAAAAT GG -             #AAGAAAGT    180                                                                  - - TCCATCTTTG TAATAACATA CAAGGCCCCA GTTAGATCTA CTGGCAAGTT GA -             #GGGTCCAC    240                                                                  - - CAATCAGAAT GCTCATTTTC TGGATCCAAG GAGGTATTGC TGGGTTGTCA GA -             #TTGAGGCA    300                                                                  - - TGTGCTGATT ATGATATTGA TGATTTCAAT ACTTTCTTTG TACCTGGTGA TG -             #GTAATTGC    360                                                                  - - TTTTGGCATT CAGTTGGTTT CTTACTCAGT ACTGACGGAC TTGCTTTGAA GG -             #CCGGCATT    420                                                                  - - CGTTCTTTCG TGGAGAGTGA ACGCCTGGTG AGTCCAGATC TTTCAGCCCC AA -             #CCATTTCT    480                                                                  - - AAACAACTGG GGGAAAATGC TTATGCCGAG AATGAGATGA TTGCATTATT TT -             #GTATTCGA    540                                                                  - - CACCATGTGA GGCTGATAGT GATTACGCCA GAGTATGAAG TCAGTTGGAA AT -             #TTGGGGAA    600                                                                  - - GGTGAATGGC CCCTGTGCGG AATTCTTTGC CTTAAATCAA ATCACTTCCA AC -             #CATGTGCC    660                                                                  - - CCATTGAATG GTTGCATGAT TACAGCTATT GCTTCAGCAC TTGGTAGGCG TG -             #AAGTTGAT    720                                                                  - - GTGCTTAATT ATCTGTGCAG GCCTAGCACT AACCACATTT TTGAGGAGCT TT -             #GCCAAGGG    780                                                                  - - GGAGGCCTCA ACATGATGTA CTTAGCTGAA GCCTTTGAGG CTTTTGACAT TT -             #GCGCTAAG    840                                                                  - - TGTGACATAA ATGGGGAAAT TGAGGTGATT AATCCACATG GCAAGTTTTC CG -             #CTCTGTTT    900                                                                  - - GACATAACTA ATGAGCACAT AAGGCATGTT GAAAAGATAG GTAATGGCCC TC -             #AGAGCATT    960                                                                  - - AAAGTAGATG AATTGCGAAA GGTCAAGCGA TCTGCCCTTG ATCTTCTTTC AA -             #TTAATGGG   1020                                                                  - - TCCAAGGTAA CCTACTTCCC AAGTTTTGAG CGGGCTGAAA AGTTGCAAGG GT -             #GTCTGCTA   1080                                                                  - - GGAGGCCTAA CTGGTGTCAT AAGTGATGAG AAAGTCAGTG ATGCAAAGCC CT -             #GCTTTTTG   1140                                                                  - - GTATATCAAC TACTGACATT AAGCCGAGGG AGCTAACTGT TGTGCTTTGG CA -             #CATTTGGA   1200                                                                  - - GCCCGGAAAA AGCCTTTTGT ACCAAGAGCT TTATTG      - #                        - #     1236                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:38:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1296 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:38:                               - - GTCTAACTGG CGTTATAAGT GATGAGAAAT TCAGTGATGC AAAACCTTGG CT -             #TTCTGGTA     60                                                                  - - TATCTACTAC AGATATTAAG CCAAGGGAAT TAACTGTTGT GCTTGGTACA TT -             #TGGGGCTG    120                                                                  - - GGAAGAGTTT CTTGTACAAG AGTTTCATGA AAAGGTCTGA GGGTAAATTC GT -             #AACCTTTG    180                                                                  - - TTTCTCCCAG ACGTGCTTTA GCAAATTCAA TCAAAAATGA TCTTGAAATG GA -             #TGATAGCT    240                                                                  - - GCAAAGTTGC CAAAGCAGGT AGGTCAAAGA AGGAAGGGTG GGATGTAGTA AC -             #TTTTGAGG    300                                                                  - - TCTTCCTCAG AAAAGTTGCA GGATTGAAGG CTGGCCACTG TGTGATTTTT GA -             #TGAGGTCC    360                                                                  - - AGTTGTTTCC TCCTGGATAC ATCGATCTAT GCTTGCTTAT TATACGTAGT GA -             #TGCTTTCA    420                                                                  - - TTTCACTTGC CGGTGATCCA TGTCAAAGCA CATATGATTC GCAAAAGGAT CG -             #GGCAATTT    480                                                                  - - TGGGCGCTGA GCAGAGTGAC ATACTTAGAA TGCTTGAGGG CAAAACGTAT AG -             #GTATAACA    540                                                                  - - TAGAAAGCAG GAGGTTTGTG AACCCAATGT TCGAATCAAG ACTGCCATGT CA -             #CTTCAAAA    600                                                                  - - AGGGTTCGAT GACTGCCGCT TTCGCTGATT ATGCAATCTT CCATAATATG CA -             #TGACTTTC    660                                                                  - - TCCTGGCGAG GTCAAAAGGT CCTTTGGATG CCGTTTTGGT TTCCAGTTTT GA -             #GGAGAAAA    720                                                                  - - AGATAGTCCA GTCCTACTTT GGAATGAAAC AGCTCACACT CACATTTGGT GA -             #ATCAACTG    780                                                                  - - GGTTGAATTT CAAAAATGGG GGAATTCTCA TATCACATGA TTCCTTTCAC AC -             #AGATGATC    840                                                                  - - GGCGGTGGCT TACTGCTTTA TCTCGCTTCA GCCACAATTT GGATTTGGTG AA -             #CATTACAG    900                                                                  - - GTCTGAGGTG GAAAGTTTCC TCTCGCACTT TGCTGGCAAA CCCCTCTACC AT -             #TTTTTAAC    960                                                                  - - AGCCAAAAGT GGGGAGAATG TCATACGAGA TTTGCTCCCA GGTGAGCCTA AC -             #TTCTTCAG   1020                                                                  - - TGGCTTTAAC GTTAGCATTG GAAAGAATGA AGGTGTTAGG GAGGAGAAGT TA -             #TGTGGTGA   1080                                                                  - - CCCATGGTTA AAAGTCATGC TTTTCCTGGG TCAAGATGAG GATTGTGAAG TT -             #GAAGAGAT   1140                                                                  - - GGAGTCAGAG TGCTCAAATG AAGAATGGTT TAAAACCCAC ATTCCCCTGA GT -             #AATCTGGA   1200                                                                  - - GTCAACCAGG GCTAGGTGGG TGGGTAAAAT GGCCTTGAAA GAGTATCGGG AG -             #GTGCGTTG   1260                                                                  - - TGGTTATGAA ATGACTCAAC AATTCTTTGA TGACAT      - #                        - #     1296                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:39:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 907 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:39:                               - - ATGTTCACCA AATCCAAATT ATGGCTGAAG CGAGATAAAG CAGTAAGCCA CC -             #GCCGATCA     60                                                                  - - TCTGTGTGAA AGGAATCATG TGATATGAGA ATTCCCCCAT TTTTGAAATT CA -             #ACCCAGTT    120                                                                  - - GATTCACCAA ATGTGAGTGT GAGCTGTTTC ATTCCAAAGT AGGACTGGAC TA -             #TCTTTTTC    180                                                                  - - TCCTCAAAAC TGGAAACCAA AACGGCATCC AAAGGACCTT TTGACCTCGC CA -             #GGAGAAAG    240                                                                  - - TCATGCATAT TATGGAAGAT TGCATAATCA GCGAAAGCGG CAGTCATTGA GC -             #CCTTTTTG    300                                                                  - - AATTGACATG GCAGTCTTGA TTCGAACATT GGATTCACAA ACCTCCTGCT TT -             #CAATGTTA    360                                                                  - - TACCTATACG TCTTGCCCTC AAGCAGTCTA AGTATGTCAC TCTGCTCAGC GC -             #CCAAAATT    420                                                                  - - GCCCGATCCT TTTGCGAATC ATATGTGCTT TGACATGGAT CACCGGCAAG TG -             #AAATGAAA    480                                                                  - - GCATCACTAC GTATAATAAG CAAGCATAGA TCGATGTATC CAGGAGGAAA CA -             #ACTGGACC    540                                                                  - - TCATCGAAAA TCACACAGTG GCCAGCCTTC AATCCTGCAA CTTTTCTGAG GA -             #AAACCTCA    600                                                                  - - AAAGTTACTA CATCCCACCC TTCCTTCTTT GACCTACCTG CTTTAGCAAC TT -             #TGCAGCTA    660                                                                  - - TCATCCATTT CAAGATCATT TTTGATTGAA TTTGCTAAAG CACGTCTGGG AG -             #AAACAAAG    720                                                                  - - GTTACGAATT TACCCTCAGA CCTTTTCATG AAACTCTTGT ACAAGAAACT CT -             #TCCCAGCC    780                                                                  - - CCAAATGTAC CAAGCACGAC AGTCAACTCC CTTGGCTTAA TATCAGTAGT AG -             #ATATACCA    840                                                                  - - GAAAGCCAAG GTTTTGCATC ACTGAACTTC TCATCACTTA TAACGCCAGT TA -             #GGCCCCCT    900                                                                  - - AGCAAAC                 - #                  - #                        - #         907                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:40:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1232 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:40:                               - - AGAATGCTTA TGCTGAGAAT GAGATGATTG CATTATTTTG CATCCGGCAC CA -             #TGTAAGGC     60                                                                  - - TTATAGTAAT AACACCGGAA TATGAAGTTA GTTGGAAATT TGGGGAAAGT GA -             #GTGGCCCC    120                                                                  - - TATGTGGAAT TCTTTGCCTG AGGTCCAATC ACTTCCAACC ATGCGCCCCG CT -             #GAATGGTT    180                                                                  - - GCATGATCAC GGCTATTGCT TCAGCACTTG GGAGGCGTGA GGTTGATGTG TT -             #AAATTATC    240                                                                  - - TGTGTAGGCC TAGCACTAAT CACATCTTTG AGGAGCTGTG CCAGGGCGGA GG -             #GCTTAATA    300                                                                  - - TGATGTACTT GGCTGAAGCT TTTGAGGCCT TTGACATTTG TGCAAAGTGC GA -             #CATAAATG    360                                                                  - - GGGAAATTGA GGTCATTAAC CCAAATGGCA AGATTTCCGC CTTGTTTGAT AT -             #AACTAATG    420                                                                  - - AGCACATAAG GCATGTTGAG AAGATCAGCA ATGGCCCTCA GAGCATAAAA AT -             #AGATGAGT    480                                                                  - - TGAGGAAGGT TAAGCGATCC CGCCTTGACC TTCTTTCAAT GAATGGGTCC AA -             #AATAACCT    540                                                                  - - ATTTTCCAAA CTTTGAGCGG GCTGAAAAGT TGCAAGGGTG CTTGCTAGAG GG -             #CCTGACTG    600                                                                  - - GTGTCATAAG TGATGAAAAG TTCAGTGATG CAAAACCTTG GCTTTCTGGT AT -             #ATCAACTG    660                                                                  - - CGGATATTAA GCCAAGAGAG CTAACTGTCG TGCTTGGCAC ATTTGGTGCT GG -             #AAAGAGTT    720                                                                  - - TCTTGTATAA GAGTTTCATG AAGAGATCTG AAGGAAAATT TGTAACTTTT GT -             #TTCCCCTA    780                                                                  - - GGCGAGCTTT GGCCAATTCG ATCAAGAATG ATCTTGAAAT GGATGATGGC TG -             #CAAAGTTG    840                                                                  - - CCAAAGCAGG CAAGTCAAAG AAGGAAGGGT GGGATGTGGT AACATTTGAG GT -             #TTTCCTTA    900                                                                  - - GAAAAGTTTC TGGTTTGAAG GCTGGTCATT GTGTGATTTT CGATGAGGTT CA -             #GTTGTTTC    960                                                                  - - CCCCTGGATA TATCGATCTA TGTTTACTTG TCATACGCAG TGATGCTTTT AT -             #TTCACTTG   1020                                                                  - - CCGGTGATCC ATGCCAGAGC ACATATGATT CACAAAAGGA TCGGGCAATT TT -             #GGGAGCTG   1080                                                                  - - AGCAGAGTGA CATACTCAGA TTGCTTGAAG GAAAGACGTA TAGGTACAAC AT -             #AGAAAGCA   1140                                                                  - - GACGTTTTGT GAACCCAATG TTTGAATTTA GACTACCATG TCACTTCAAA AA -             #AGGGTTCA   1200                                                                  - - ATGACTGCTG CCTTTGCTGA TTATGCAATC TT       - #                  - #             1232                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:41:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 20 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:41:                               - - GCTTCAGCAC TTGGAAGGCG            - #                  - #                       - # 20                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:42:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 17 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:42:                               - - CACACAGTGG CCAGCCT             - #                  - #                       - #   17                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:43:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 20 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:43:                               - - GGAGGTGCGT TGTGGTTATG            - #                  - #                       - # 20                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:44:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 18 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:44:                               - - CCCTGGCACT GCACACCC             - #                  - #                       - #  18                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:45:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 18 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:45:                               - - GGAGGTGACC ACATTACG             - #                  - #                       - #  18                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:46:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 21 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:46:                               - - CATCACGACT TGTCACAAAC C           - #                  - #                       - #21                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:47:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 17 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:47:                               - - TGGGCCTCCA CTTCTTC             - #                  - #                       - #   17                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:48:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 16 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:48:                               - - GGGGTTGCCT GAAGAT             - #                  - #                       - #    16                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:49:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 17 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:49:                               - - ACACCTGCTG TGAAAGC             - #                  - #                       - #   17                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:50:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 17 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:50:                               - - GGCCAAGGTT CAGTTTG             - #                  - #                       - #   17                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:51:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 20 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:51:                               - - GATGAGGTCC AGTTGTTTCC            - #                  - #                       - # 20                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:52:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 20 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:52:                               - - ATCCAAAGGA CCTTTTGACC            - #                  - #                       - # 20                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:53:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 17 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:53:                               - - CTTGATGAGT ACTTGTC             - #                  - #                       - #   17                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:54:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 17 base - #pairs                                                   (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:54:                               - - GCAAGGATTT GGATGGC             - #                  - #                       - #   17                                                                  __________________________________________________________________________ 

What is claimed:
 1. A method for detecting a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus in a sample, said method comprising:providing a primer that binds to Rupestris stem pitting associated virus nucleic acid molecule as a probe in a gene amplification detection procedure under conditions that permit gene amplification to occur; contacting the sample with the primer; and detecting a gene amplification product indicating that Rupestris stem pitting associated virus is present in the sample.
 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the gene amplification detection procedure is selected from the group consisting of polymerase chain reaction and immunocapture polymerase chain reaction.
 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said method detects RSPaV-1, RSP47-4, or RSP158.
 4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the primer has a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ. ID. No. 53, SEQ. ID. No. 54, SEQ. ID. No. 51, and SEQ. ID. No.
 52. 